The Saline County Quorum Court needs to fill a seat for Justice of the Peace. It’s currently vacant due to the recent death of Everette Hatcher. The position is in Quorum Court’s District 2.
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While the position can be filled in the General Election (November 5th, 2024), Hatcher was voted the Republican nominee in the March 5th Primary Election, so the Republican Party of Arkansas requested a convention in order to produce another nominee. Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders issued a proclamation on Friday, July 19th, stating that she is calling a Convention to fill the nomination on the ballot.
The following is the Governor’s official proclamation:
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS COME – GREETINGS:
A PROCLAMATION CALLING FOR A CONVENTION TO FILL THE VACANCY IN NOMINATION FOR THE REPUBLICAN PARTY NOMINEE FOR THE OFFICE OF SALINE COUNTY JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, DISTRICT 2.
WHEREAS: On March 15, 2024, the Saline County Election Commission certified the results of the March 5, 2024, primary election for, among other things, the Republican Party nominee for the Office of the Saline County Justice of the Peace, District 2;
WHEREAS: The Saline County Election Commission certified that the Honorable Everette Hatcher became the Republican Nominee at the primary election;
WHEREAS: The Republican Nominee for Saline County Justice of the Peace, District 2, passed away on July 7, 2024, creating vacancy in nomination for that office; and
WHEREAS: The Republican Party of Arkansas timely notified me of the vacancy in nomination for the Republican Party nominee for the office of Saline County Justice of the Peace, District 2, and indicated that the Party chooses to fill the vacancy in nomination by convention.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, SARAH HUCKABEE SANDERS, acting under the authority vested in me as Governor of the State of Arkansas, do hereby proclaim as follows:
1. A special convention of delegates of the Saline County Republican Committee shall be held no later than Thursday, August 1, 2024, for the purpose of filling the vacancy in nomination for the Republican Party nominee for the office of Saline County Justice of the Peace, District 2.
2. The period for filing for candidacy as a party candidate with the Saline County Clerk for the special convention shall commence at 12:00 noon on Monday, July 2, 2024. The deadline for filing as a party candidate shall be 12:00 noon on Friday, July 26, 2024.
3. Upon approval of a convention by the appropriate County Party Committee for the nominee of the Republican Party of Arkansas shall provide a certificate of nomination to the Arkansas Secretary of State, and to the Saline County Election Commission, no later than August 7, 2024.
4. All of the deadlines and requirements shall be as provided for by the applicable election laws of this State.
IN TESTIMONY WHERE OF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Great Seal of the State of Arkansas to be affixed this 19th day of July, in the year of our Lord 2024.
