Arkansas AG Targets Decorated Veteran Leading Trump’s Paper Ballot Movement
— COL Conrad Reynolds (@ColonelReynolds) October 9, 2025
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 9, 2025
Conway, Arkansas
Decorated U.S. Army veteran Colonel Conrad Reynolds is expected to face criminal charges following an investigation by Arkansas Attorney General… pic.twitter.com/TeOxHEzDP3
Decorated U.S. Army veteran Colonel Conrad Reynolds is expected to face criminal charges following an investigation by Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin. The alleged violation involves “exit polling” during the November 2025 ballot referendum in Independence County, where voters made history by becoming the first county in the nation to have a direct say in how their elections are run—with 63% voting to return to hand-marked paper ballots and move away from touchscreen voting machines.
Colonel Reynolds—soon to be inducted into the Arkansas Military Veterans’ Hall of Fame—has been a national leader in election reform, working closely with members of President Trump’s team in Washington, D.C. on election security and national defense vulnerabilities in voting systems. Reynolds continues to hold a Top Secret security clearance, which includes routine polygraph examinations.
Reynolds is scheduled to be booked at the Independence County Courthouse in Batesville, Arkansas, on Wednesday, October 15, 2025.
“This is nothing short of lawfare,” Reynolds said. “Just like Letitia James in New York and Fani Willis in Georgia have gone after President Trump, now Tim Griffin is doing the same here in Arkansas. This isn’t about law—it’s about power. The establishment is trying to stop the paper ballot movement before it spreads to other counties. They’re terrified of losing control of the election system.”
Parallels to National Lawfare Cases
Reynolds drew comparisons to national cases of political targeting, including General Michael Flynn and Tina Peters, both of whom faced retaliation for exposing government misconduct.
“These are all examples of the same machine at work,” Reynolds said. “When patriots challenge corruption, the establishment—whether wearing a blue tie or a red one—deploys lawfare to crush them. General Flynn was destroyed for revealing intelligence abuse. Tina Peters was destroyed for exposing vulnerabilities in voting machines. And now I’m being targeted for helping Independence County voters choose paper ballots. This is about silencing the movement toward election transparency.”
Legal Team Responds
Attorney Chris Corbitt of Conway, Arkansas, who is representing Colonel Reynolds, said his client has been advised not to discuss specifics of the case but made clear that “the genesis of this case is retribution for Colonel Reynolds’ political activism in support of paper ballots.”
Corbitt added. “It’s lawfare—targeting a decorated Army veteran because he’s been effective. Colonel Reynolds has worked tirelessly to strengthen election security in Arkansas and across the nation, and now he’s being punished for it. We look forward to having our day in court.”
Arkansas Republican Leadership Under Fire
Reynolds said the charges reveal a deep betrayal by Arkansas’s Republican leadership, accusing them of protecting the system instead of the people.
“The leadership in this state—Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Secretary of State Cole Jester, and Attorney General Tim Griffin—have chosen to defend the machines, not the voters,” Reynolds said. “They see Independence County’s success as a threat. Sixty-three percent of the people voted for paper ballots, and instead of celebrating that democratic victory, they’re trying to make an example out of me to stop other counties from following suit.”
"Governor Sanders and Secretary Jester are the ones people look to when deciding election policy, and they've stood in the way of the people's will," Reynolds said. "It was Secretary Jester's State Board of Election Commissioners that went after the Searcy County election commissioners -after they successfully ran paper ballot elections in 2024. Now they're doing the same thing to me."
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