Arkansas 2025 2025 Regular Session

Arkansas Senate Bill SB272 Chaptered / Bill

Filed 03/12/2025

                    Stricken language would be deleted from and underlined language would be added to present law. 
Act 278 of the Regular Session 
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State of Arkansas 	As Engrossed:  S3/3/25   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 IN CERTAIN INSTANCES; TO 11 
AMEND PROVISIONS OF ARKANSAS CONSTITUTION, AMENDMENT 12 
51, § 6; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. 13 
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Subtitle 16 
TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING VOTER 17 
REGISTRATION; TO PROHIBIT PRE -FILLED 18 
FIELDS ON A VOTER REGISTRATION FORM IN 19 
CERTAIN INSTANCES; AND TO AMEND 20 
PROVISIONS OF ARKANSAS CONSTITUTION, 21 
AMENDMENT 51, § 6. 22 
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: 24 
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 SECTION 1.  Under the authority granted by Arkansas Constitution, 26 
Amendment 51, § 19, Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 51, § 6, concerning 27 
voter registration application forms, is amended to add an additional 28 
subsection to read as follows: 29 
 (d)(1)  The voter registration application form shall be delivered to 30 
an applicant with the party affiliation field blank.  31 
 (2)  The voter registration application form shall not contain a 32 
pre-filled party affiliation field .  33 
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/s/Crowell 35 
APPROVED: 3/12/25 36