Arkansas 2025 2025 Regular Session

Arkansas Senate Bill SB272 Draft / Bill

Filed 02/24/2025

                    Stricken language would be deleted from and underlined language would be added to present law. 
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State of Arkansas     1 
95th General Assembly A Bill     2 
Regular Session, 2025  	SENATE BILL 272 3 
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By: Senator Crowell 5 
By: Representative Wooldridge 6 
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For An Act To Be Entitled 8 
AN ACT TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING VOTER 9 
REGISTRATION; TO PROHIBIT PRE -FILLED FIELDS ON A 10 
VOTER REGISTRATION FORM; TO AMEND PROVISIONS OF 11 
ARKANSAS CONSTITUTION, AMENDMENT 51, § 6; AND FOR 12 
OTHER PURPOSES.  13 
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TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING VOTER 17 
REGISTRATION; TO PROHIBIT PRE -FILLED 18 
FIELDS ON A VOTER REGISTRATION FORM; AND 19 
TO AMEND PROVISIONS OF ARKANSAS 20 
CONSTITUTION, AMENDMENT 51, § 6. 21 
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: 23 
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 SECTION 1.  Under the authority granted by Arkansas Constitution, 25 
Amendment 51, § 19, Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 51, § 6, concerning 26 
voter registration application forms, is amended to add an additional 27 
subsection to read as follows: 28 
 (d)(1)  The voter registration application form shall be delivered to 29 
an applicant with the fields blank. 30 
 (2)  The voter registration application form shall not contain 31 
any pre-filled fields on the form unless otherwise required by federal or 32 
state law, rule, or regulation.  33 
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