🗺 Every page — the whole flow
The votes
Open questionsElections — when, where, howVoter turnoutPetitions — sign, start, shareWhat came of itGet involved
The budget
▶ Take the 2-minute tourThe money trailYour tax bill, explainedGrants — money we could go getWho gets paidWhat the auditors reportedThe receipt — arithmetic checkedThe documentsHow every number is sourcedQuestions people ask — answered from the dataThe plain-words tour
Public needs
Our waterJails & prisons — from holding to buildingWho’s watching — cameras, plate readers, the rulesWho to call — county and state officesBy the numbers — schools, health, disaster risk, bridges, grantsHow it compares — beside similar counties and the rest of the stateWhat has worked — how the county compares, and options with a track recordFind help
Dead ends & open questions
The docketThe calendarHow complete is this county?
Research for a better county
Receipts by railsFood sovereigntyGrow-opsThe food flywheelThe two potsFeeding the countyThe growing frontierThe grower’s almanacThe $400K blueprintThe research shelfThe precedents
The wider network
All countiesKindred workWhere we sit in the field
How to trust this
Where we standWhat we will never doHow this is securedThe traffic logStill building — what’s new, and fixes readers sentHelp keep this honest — correct or add somethingOur storyReport a problem
Ashley County, Arkansas · petition

Post every county payment online, every month, as searchable data

A petition to County Judge Jim Hudson and the Ashley County Quorum Court (9 justices of the peace), started by Brayden Sanders, founder of County Commons on 2026-10-24.
0 of 400 neighbors0%

At 400 signatures it’s printed, with the count by town, and handed to County Judge Jim Hudson and the Ashley County Quorum Court (9 justices of the peace) at a public meeting.

The same ask is open in 92 counties in 10 states — 0 signatures across all of them. Each county's petition goes to its own officials and counts toward its own goal; together they show how many places want the same thing. See every county →

Why it matters

Every check Ashley County writes is already a public record — but to see one, you have to file a request and wait. A monthly check register online (who was paid, how much, for what, from which fund) lets anyone follow the money without asking permission. Many counties and cities already do this. It costs little, because the county already keeps these records.

Sign

Your name, town and email are never shown on this site, sold or shared. The public sees only how many signed and from which towns. One signature per person.

Share it — petitions grow one neighbor at a time
Share on Facebook Text it Email it Print a flyer

Who has signed — by town

No signatures yet.

Towns with fewer than 3 signers are grouped together so no one stands out.

What’s happened

Raised by residents — not yet carried to the county.

This is a petition to your elected officials — like the clipboard at the courthouse door. It does not put anything on the ballot; in Arkansas and most states that takes ink signatures from registered voters. Signatures are counted, not verified — one per browser; the delivered copy removes duplicates. Like everything here, petitions can’t campaign for candidates or ballot measures, or name county staff. All petitions · What came of past ones.