A coalition of 25 groups, the Arkansas Election Defense Ad Hoc Task Force, plans to make election day more hospitable for people standing in line Tuesday.

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Its members will be on hand at eight voting centers in Pulaski and Conway County from 7:30 a.m. until 6 p.m.

They’ll provide free meals from World Central Kitchen, including food to take home; music, and “flash mob popup entertainment.”

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The aim is to make people safe and comfortable while waiting to vote.

Sounds better than glowering, self-styled fake militia carrying semi-automatic weapons.

The voting centers where you’ll encounter representatives of participating groups:

1. Pulaski County Regional Building — Urban League of AR, 7:30a to 6pm
2. Sue Cowen Williams Library — NAACP Little Rock, 7:30a to 6p
3. Laman Library — North Little Rock NAACP , 7:30am – 6pm
4. Dee Brown Library — Indivisible LRCA, 7:30am – 6pm
5. McMath Library — Little Rock NAACP, 7:30am – 6pm
6. St Mark Baptist — Grassroots Arkansas, 7:30am – 6pm
7. Conway Co Fair Multipurpose Building — Conway Mutual Aid, 7:30a –
6p
8. Jacksonville Community Center — NAACP Jacksonville, 7:30am – 6pm
9. Thompson Library — Indivisible LRCA, 7:30am – 6pm

 

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