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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 516 3 |
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| 8 | 7 | | By: Senator Gilmore 5 |
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| 9 | 8 | | By: Representative Ray 6 |
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| 11 | 10 | | For An Act To Be Entitled 8 |
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| 12 | 11 | | AN ACT TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE REQUIREMENTS 9 |
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| 13 | 12 | | FOR FILING AS A CANDIDATE; TO AMEND THE LAW 10 |
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| 14 | 13 | | CONCERNING THE USE OF A PREFIX IN FILING AS A 11 |
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| 15 | 14 | | CANDIDATE FOR A NONPARTISAN JUDICIAL OFFICE BY AN 12 |
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| 16 | 15 | | APPOINTEE TO A NONPARTISAN JUDICIAL OFFICE; TO ALLOW 13 |
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| 17 | 16 | | A PERSON FILING AS A CANDIDATE FOR THE OFFICE OF 14 |
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| 18 | 17 | | JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT OR JUDGE OF THE COURT OF 15 |
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| 19 | 18 | | APPEALS WHO IS SERVING IN THAT POSITION AS AN 16 |
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| 20 | 19 | | APPOINTEE TO USE THE TITLE OF THAT POSITION AS A 17 |
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| 21 | 20 | | PREFIX WHEN FILING AS A CANDIDATE; AND FOR OTHER 18 |
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| 22 | 21 | | PURPOSES. 19 |
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| 25 | 24 | | Subtitle 22 |
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| 26 | 25 | | TO ALLOW A PERSON FILING AS A CANDIDATE 23 |
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| 27 | 26 | | FOR THE OFFICE OF JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME 24 |
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| 28 | 27 | | COURT OR JUDGE OF THE COURT OF APPEALS 25 |
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| 29 | 28 | | WHO IS AN APPOINTEE IN THAT POSITION TO 26 |
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| 30 | 29 | | USE THE TITLE OF THAT POSITION AS A 27 |
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| 31 | 30 | | PREFIX WHEN FILING AS A CANDIDATE. 28 |
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| 33 | 32 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: 30 |
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| 35 | 34 | | SECTION 1. Arkansas Code ยง 7 -10-103(f)(1)(B)(ii), concerning the 32 |
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| 36 | 35 | | requirement for filing as a candidate, is amended to read as follows: 33 |
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| 37 | 36 | | (ii) A candidate may use as the prefix the title of 34 |
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| 38 | 37 | | a nonpartisan judicial office in an election for a nonpartisan judicial 35 |
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| 39 | 38 | | office only if: 36 SB516 |
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| 42 | 41 | | (a) The candidate is currently serving in a 1 |
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| 43 | 42 | | judicial position to which the candidate has been elected in the last 2 |
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| 44 | 43 | | election for the office; or 3 |
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| 45 | 44 | | (b) The candidate: 4 |
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| 46 | 45 | | (1) Is a candidate for the office of 5 |
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| 47 | 46 | | Justice of the Supreme Court, Judge of the Court of Appeals, circuit judge, 6 |
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| 48 | 47 | | or district judge; 7 |
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| 49 | 48 | | (2) Is currently serving in the position 8 |
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| 50 | 49 | | of Justice of the Supreme Court, Judge of the Court of Appeals, circuit 9 |
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| 51 | 50 | | judge, or district judge as an appointee; and 10 |
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| 52 | 51 | | (3) Has been serving in that position 11 |
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| 53 | 52 | | for at least twelve (12) months. 12 |
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