Arkansas attorney general: 8 Phillips County residents arrested for election crimes

A total of eight Phillips County residents were arrested for purportedly violating Arkansas’ election laws in the 2024 primary election runoff for the county’s Justice of the Peace District 9 seat, Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin announced Wednesday.

Lita Moore Johnson, the sitting Phillips County District 9 justice of the peace who won the runoff in 2024, was arrested and charged on two counts of solicitation to commit perjury, which is a class D felony, according to the news release.

That happened “after evidence was submitted that she told multiple voters to illegally change the address on their voter registration so that they could vote for her in the runoff,” the news release states.

“Seven other individuals were charged with perjury, a class C felony, for fraudulently changing their address on an Arkansas Voter Registration Application,” the news release states. “Each of them voted in the precinct corresponding with the District 9 Justice of the Peace runoff despite their actual address dictating that they vote elsewhere.”



https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2026/mar/25/arkansas-attorney-general-8-phillips-county/