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AR SB293

Bill

Status

Passed

4/9/2025

Primary Sponsor

Kim Hammer

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Origin

Senate

95th General Assembly (2025 Regular)

AI Summary

  • Adds new required postings at polling sites including: poll watcher rights and responsibilities, a notice that voters may ask poll workers for assistance, and an electioneering notice posted inside the polling site

  • Requires additional postings during preferential primary and nonjudicial elections: an example of primary ballot selections and a "CROSSOVER VOTING IS A CRIME" sign explaining crossover voting and its penalties

  • Changes references from "election law violation hotline" to "Election Integrity Unit" while maintaining the requirement to post the Attorney General's hotline telephone number

  • Expands poll watcher rights posting requirement to include absentee ballot processing sites and counting sites, not just polling sites

  • Removes requirement for county boards to print and post abstracts of proposed measures at polling places, shifting responsibility to the Secretary of State for transmission to county boards only

Legislative Description

To Amend The Law Concerning The Required Postings At A Polling Site; And To Amend The List Concerning Required Posting Of Notices, Information, And Material At A Polling Site On Election Day.

Last Action

Notification that SB293 is now Act 487

4/9/2025

Committee Referrals

State Agencies & Governmental Affairs3/20/2025
State Agencies and Governmental Affairs3/6/2025
State Agencies & Governmental Affairs2/25/2025

Full Bill Text

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