Updated: Voter Registration Deadline is Tuesday, October 11

Elections

Tuesday, October 11, is the deadline to register to vote in Arkansas, if you want to vote in the upcoming General Election.

According to the Arkansas Secretary of State’s website, you can fill out an application to vote at the following locations:

  • County clerk’s office in your home county
  • State Revenue Office, Driver Services (pick up a paper form or ask for your
    information to be transmitted electronically)
  • Public library or Arkansas State Library
  • Public assistance agency
  • Disability agency
  • Military recruitment office
  • Arkansas National Guard

You can also download, print, and mail in a voter registration form. However, to ensure you are properly registered to vote, you may want to go in-person to your county clerk’s office or the Revenue Office.

If you are unsure if you are registered to vote, go to www.voterview.org.

Updated 10-10-2016: The State of Arkansas originally listed the voter registration deadline as Monday, October 10, but that deadline has been extended through Tuesday, October 11, because of the Columbus Day holiday.

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The Truth About Christianity and the Rise of Science

Religion, Science,

As our country marks Columbus Day, the Colson Center for Christian Worldview has re-released a 2003 commentary from the late Chuck Colson about Christopher Columbus, the rise of science in Europe, and the role Christianity played in scientific discovery.

Colson writes,

Science only happened in areas whose worldview was shaped by Christianity, that is, Europe. Many civilizations had alchemy; only Europe developed chemistry. Likewise, astrology was practiced everywhere, but only in Europe did it become astronomy.

That’s because Christianity depicted God as a “rational, responsive, dependable, and omnipotent being” who created a universe with a “rational, lawful, stable” structure. These beliefs uniquely led to “faith in the possibility of science.”

You can listen to Chuck Colson’s entire commentary below or read it here.

[audio:http://www.breakpoint.org/images/content/breakpoint/audio/2016/101016_BP.mp3|titles=Columbus and the Rise of Science by Chuck Colson]

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AR School Nurses Oppose Marijuana Measures

Marijuana

asnaThe following press release is from the Arkansas School Nurses Association.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 10, 2016

“Arkansans trust us with their children’s wellbeing. Please trust us that issues 6 & 7 are wrong for Arkansas.”

Little Rock –Today the Arkansas School Nurses Association voiced their opposition to both issue 6 & 7 because of the detrimental effect that they pose to our children in Arkansas.

Arkansas School Nurses Association issued the following statement: “We voice our concerns today not for a lack of compassion and empathy for those experiencing chronic pain, rather, we stand in opposition to these ballot issues for the real risk that they pose to our children. Arkansas’s children are our most precious resource and safeguarding them is our most important task. Issues 6 & 7 provide an opening that will allow our children to be exposed to the harmful uses of drugs and smoking.”

About the Arkansas School Nurses Association: ASNA is a nonprofit specialty nursing organization that works to promote and advance the quality of school health services in the state of Arkansas. As school nurses we are dedicated to helping students stay healthy, safe, and achieve success while at school.

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