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| 4 | 3 | | State of Arkansas 1 |
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| 5 | 4 | | 95th General Assembly A Bill 2 |
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| 6 | 5 | | Regular Session, 2025 SENATE BILL 304 3 |
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| 7 | 6 | | 4 |
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| 8 | 7 | | By: Senator M. McKee 5 |
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| 9 | 8 | | By: Representative Beaty Jr. 6 |
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| 11 | 10 | | For An Act To Be Entitled 8 |
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| 12 | 11 | | AN ACT TO ALLOW A CLASS OF REGISTERED VOTERS THAT 9 |
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| 13 | 12 | | HAVE CHANGED THEIR COUNTY OF RESIDENCE TO CAST A 10 |
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| 14 | 13 | | VALID BALLOT; TO AMEND PROVISIONS OF ARKANSAS 11 |
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| 15 | 14 | | CONSTITUTION, AMENDMENT 51, UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF 12 |
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| 16 | 15 | | ARKANSAS CONSTITUTION, AMENDMENT 51, § 19; AND FOR 13 |
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| 17 | 16 | | OTHER PURPOSES. 14 |
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| 18 | 17 | | 15 |
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| 19 | 18 | | 16 |
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| 20 | 19 | | Subtitle 17 |
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| 21 | 20 | | TO ALLOW A CLASS OF REGISTERED VOTERS 18 |
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| 22 | 21 | | THAT HAVE CHANGED THEIR COUNTY OF 19 |
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| 23 | 22 | | RESIDENCE TO CAST A VALID BALLOT; AND TO 20 |
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| 24 | 23 | | AMEND PROVISIONS OF ARKANSAS 21 |
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| 25 | 24 | | CONSTITUTION, AMENDMENT 51. 22 |
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| 27 | 26 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: 24 |
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| 29 | 28 | | SECTION 1. Under the authority granted by Arkansas Constitution, 26 |
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| 30 | 29 | | Amendment 51, § 19, Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 51, § 10(b)(2), 27 |
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| 31 | 30 | | concerning transfer and change of status for voter registration, is amended 28 |
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| 32 | 31 | | to read as follows: 29 |
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| 33 | 32 | | (2)(A) If the updated registration information is actually 30 |
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| 34 | 33 | | received in the office of the county clerk of the voter's new county not 31 |
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| 35 | 34 | | later than four (4) days before the polls close for a scheduled election, the 32 |
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| 36 | 35 | | voter shall have the right to vote in the scheduled election in the precinct 33 |
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| 37 | 36 | | into which the voter just moved in the new county. 34 |
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| 38 | 37 | | (B) If the updated registration information is not 35 |
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| 39 | 38 | | actually received by the fourth day before the polls close for a scheduled 36 SB304 |
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| 42 | 41 | | election, the voter shall not be eligible to vote in the scheduled election. 1 |
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