Arkansas may be at or near the bottom of the country when it comes to state-by-state stats on maternal health, infant mortality and average income . But our Republican leaders want you to know Arkansas is wildly overperforming in the eyes of conservative wonks at groups like the Heritage Foundation .

Gov. Sarah Sanders sent a press release Tuesday afternoon bragging that “Arkansas now ranks #1 in the nation for election integrity” according to a scorecard put out by Heritage, the D.C.-based think tank behind Project 2025 and other right-wing policy blueprints. Heritage scores states not according to actual known instances of election fraud, but according to a list of policy questions.

Do they have a strict voter ID law without an affidavit exception ? Do they have stringent re

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