LITTLE ROCK – Attorney General Tim Griffin today issued the following statement regarding his office’s Election Integrity Unit as early voting starts in Arkansas for the 2024 general election:

“Throughout my time in public service, election integrity has been a top priority for me. I established the Election Integrity Unit last year to complement the existing Election Law Hotline, where citizens can submit complaints. This Unit investigates election-integrity complaints and has the authority to bring a lawsuit against those who violate our laws.”

Griffin reminds Arkansans who may wish to file a complaint concerning potential election law violations to contact his office’s Election Law Hotline at (833) 995-8683.

In March 2023, Griffin established the Election Integrity Unit (EIU) under his office’s Special Investigations Division. with Chief Wayne Bewley serving as its director. In April 2023, Act 544 of 2023 became law, codifying the EIU and granting the Office of the Attorney General the power to file civil suits for election-related offenses.

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KUAR | By Mary Hennigan / Arkansas Advocate

From the Arkansas Advocate:

After approximately 20 hours of testimony during atwo-day hearing, the Arkansas State Medical Board voted to revoke the license of Dr. Alonzo Williams, a Little Rock gastroenterologist accused of sexual abuse and improper prescription practices.

The medical board, led by Dr. Ward Gardner, approved 16 of the 17 charges against Williams, many of which were related to gross negligence or “ignorant malpractice” for the over-utilization of medical procedures such as biopsies, colonoscopies and a specific esophagus examination called an esophagogastroduodenoscopy, or EGD.

The hearing centered around an investigation of six of Williams’ patients, whom he and his attorney Kevin O’Dwyer described as “extreme outliers.”

Arkansas Medical Board revokes license of Little Rock gastroenterologist