Arkansas GOP Runoff: Tight Election Control

0:00It's March 30th. From your city to your ears, this is Canada News Today, powered by AI. Arkansas Republicans head to the polls today for a key runoff in the race for Secretary of State, pitting Army veteran Brian Norris against state, Senator Cam Hammer. Both dudes are all in on President Trump's push to shake up elections, but neither cleared 50% in the March 3rd primary, forcing this, face off. The winner takes on Democrat Kelly Grape in the general, and that job handles everything from elections to stay filings in the capital grounds. These two clash hard on how to run elections. Norris wants straight handcounting of ballots, no machines involved. Hammer, though, pushed a 2023 law-making handcounts work with tabulators, and counties foot the bill if they go manual. It's a big debate since Trump's 2020 push, where full handcounts prove slow, pricey, and error prone. Hammer's got the party bigwigs in her corner, like Senator Tom Cotton, Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders, and outgoing Secretary of State Cole

1:03Jester. Norris rolls with Trump allies like Michael Flynn and my pillows Mike Wendell. Norris owned up to some rough social media posts, but swears he's toning it down. In Trump heavy counties, Norris edged ahead back in March. Polling stations shut at 7.30 p.m. local time, 8.30 eastern, with over 13,000 early Republican ballots already in. Benton County's sway could tip it in GOP fights, and no matter who wins, Republicans haven't lost this seat in 20 years. This runoff sets the stage for tighter election control in a red state, eyes on results tonight as Arkansas shapes its voting future.