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11 Stricken language would be deleted from and underlined language would be added to present law.
2-Act 278 of the Regular Session
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5-State of Arkansas As Engrossed: S3/3/25 1
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3+State of Arkansas 1
64 95th General Assembly A Bill 2
75 Regular Session, 2025 SENATE BILL 272 3
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97 By: Senator Crowell 5
108 By: Representative Wooldridge 6
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1210 For An Act To Be Entitled 8
1311 AN ACT TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING VOTER 9
1412 REGISTRATION; TO PROHIBIT PRE -FILLED FIELDS ON A 10
15-VOTER REGISTRATION FORM IN CERTAIN INSTANCES; TO 11
16-AMEND PROVISIONS OF ARKANSAS CONSTITUTION, AMENDMENT 12
17-51, § 6; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. 13
13+VOTER REGISTRATION FORM; TO AMEND PROVISIONS OF 11
14+ARKANSAS CONSTITUTION, AMENDMENT 51, § 6; AND FOR 12
15+OTHER PURPOSES. 13
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2018 Subtitle 16
2119 TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING VOTER 17
2220 REGISTRATION; TO PROHIBIT PRE -FILLED 18
23-FIELDS ON A VOTER REGISTRATION FORM IN 19
24-CERTAIN INSTANCES; AND TO AMEND 20
25-PROVISIONS OF ARKANSAS CONSTITUTION, 21
26-AMENDMENT 51, § 6. 22
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28-BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: 24
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30- SECTION 1. Under the authority granted by Arkansas Constitution, 26
31-Amendment 51, § 19, Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 51, § 6, concerning 27
32-voter registration application forms, is amended to add an additional 28
33-subsection to read as follows: 29
34- (d)(1) The voter registration application form shall be delivered to 30
35-an applicant with the party affiliation field blank. 31
36- (2) The voter registration application form shall not contain a 32
37-pre-filled party affiliation field . 33
21+FIELDS ON A VOTER REGISTRATION FORM; AND 19
22+TO AMEND PROVISIONS OF ARKANSAS 20
23+CONSTITUTION, AMENDMENT 51, § 6. 21
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25+BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: 23
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27+ SECTION 1. Under the authority granted by Arkansas Constitution, 25
28+Amendment 51, § 19, Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 51, § 6, concerning 26
29+voter registration application forms, is amended to add an additional 27
30+subsection to read as follows: 28
31+ (d)(1) The voter registration application form shall be delivered to 29
32+an applicant with the fields blank. 30
33+ (2) The voter registration application form shall not contain 31
34+any pre-filled fields on the form unless otherwise required by federal or 32
35+state law, rule, or regulation. 33
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39-/s/Crowell 35
40-APPROVED: 3/12/25 36
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