Citizens in Jonesboro and much of Craighead County who want to vote in the Arkansas Senate District 21 primary election have a very short time to register to vote. The Primary election will take place October 8th, however, the last day for residents to register to vote is this Monday, September 9th. Early voting for the primary occurs October first through the 7th. The Primary Run-off will be held November 12th and the General Election for the seat is January 14th. Early voting will take place a week before the elections and will only take place during business hours from eight to five. There will be no Saturday voting. Three Republicans and two Democrats have filed so far for the seat, which was vacated by former State Senator Paul Bookout. Bookout resigned his seat over ethics violations.
Johnathan Reaves is the News Director for KASU Public Radio. As part of an Air Force Family, he moved to Arkansas from Minot, North Dakota in 1986. He was first bitten by the radio bug after he graduated from Gosnell High School in 1992. While working on his undergraduate degree, he worked at KOSE, a small 1,000 watt AM commercial station in Osceola, Arkansas. Upon graduation from Arkansas State University in 1996 with a degree in Radio-Television Broadcast News, he decided that he wanted to stay in radio news. He moved to Stuttgart, Arkansas and worked for East Arkansas Broadcasters as news director and was there for 16 years.