We Need to Get Rid of 30,000 Voter’s Guides — No Matter What!

Arkansas Voter's Guide

I have a really great problem that I need your help solving: We have roughly 30,000 printed copies of the 2014 Arkansas Voter’s Guide sitting in our office, waiting to be mailed out all over the state, and we need people to send them to.

We are already in the process of mailing about 20,000 copies of the guide to our friends and various churches all over Arkansas. However, we would like to give away at least 50,000, total.

Do you have friends or family members who could use the Arkansas Voter’s Guide? What about your church, Bible study group, Sunday school class, or civic club?

The Arkansas Voter’s Guide is a free service we are happy to offer. It is the only nonpartisan, statewide guide that tells voters where their candidates stand on a variety of issues that matter to them. Because it is nonpartisan, churches can distribute the guide without running afoul of any campaign laws or tax regulations.

You can order copies of the Arkansas Voter’s Guide today by calling our office at (501) 375-7000 or going online at www.ArkansasVotersGuide.com.

We have 30,000 copies of the guide sitting in our office, but they won’t be there for long. Demand is high, so order copies for you, your family, your friends, and your church right away!

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ASU Football Team 1-0 on Religious Liberty

Religious Freedom,

We have been following the story out of Jonesboro surrounding ASU’s decision to ban its football players from wearing crosses memorializing two students who died in the past year.

University officials told the football players they had to remove the cross-shaped decals bearing the initial of the two students from the backs of the players’ football helmets. One player, however, contacted attorneys at Liberty Institute who sent a letter to the school explaining the rights of the students.

ASU has since released a statement about the controversy, and while the university seems to be standing by its initial actions, it has agreed that the players may place NCAA-compliant decals on their uniforms memorializing their teammates.

In other words, the crosses can come back.

Attorney Hiram Sasser who represented the unnamed ASU football player released a statement, saying,

“The University officials and the Arkansas Attorney General did the right thing restoring the religious liberty and free speech rights of the players to have the original cross sticker design if they so choose and we commend them for doing so.”

When it comes to First Amendment freedoms, the ASU Red Wolves are undefeated this season.

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Will the Lottery Be Selling Tickets to University Students Saturday?

Arkansas Lottery

Will the Arkansas Lottery be selling lottery tickets to university students this Saturday? That’s a question raised by a press release from Lottery officials.

Earlier this year the Arkansas Lottery secured funding to do promotional activities on college campuses in Arkansas. We asked, at that time, if the Lottery meant to sell lottery tickets to students. Yesterday, Lottery officials elaborated on their plans, saying that this weekend “[s]tudents, parents, faculty, alumni and football fans attending select home games can stop by the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery pre-game celebration area for games, giveaways and information about the scholarship program.”

Now, one has to ask just what types of “games” and “giveaways” they mean. Will they include lottery tickets?

This is important, because research consistently indicates teens and young adults are among those most prone to develop gambling problems.

Lottery officials may think that if they get college students to start buying lottery tickets now, those students will be lottery “customers” for years to come. However, micro-targeting teens and young adults is irresponsible. It has the potential to create more gambling addiction and could lead to ruined lives, down the road.

We’ll probably know more about the Lottery’s intentions after Saturday. In the meantime, we will continue to monitor this situation.

Photo Credit: “Gameday2” by Rmcclen at en.wikipedia – Transferred from en.wikipedia by Ronhjones. Licensed under Public domain via Wikimedia Commons.

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