Hearing on Dobbins' challenge set for Friday

Former lawmaker Dwayne Dobbins filed suit last Friday seeking to be certified as a candidate on the November 4 ballot. Even though service was only perfected over the weekend, a hearing was scheduled for this Friday despite the Arkansas Rules of Civil Procedure allowing a Defendant 20 days in which to file a formal responsive pleading. Dobbins is the topic of an editorial in today's Democrat Gazette. The Democractic Party of Arkansas voted at its convention three months ago to certify all candidates for the November ballot except for Dobbins. Here's video of that vote (ff to 45 seconds):