SB296

Senate Bill 296 proposes amendments to Arkansas law regarding the designation and management of early voting locations. The bill modifies the duties of the county clerk to maintain a designated space for absentee and early voting within the county seat. It updates procedures for early voting, specifically mandating that early voting shall be available at the county clerk's designated location in the county seat for prescribed periods. The bill also changes the requirements for selecting additional early voting locations, stipulating that the county board of election commissioners must now determine these sites by a unanimous vote for each election. The legislation clarifies which elections are subject to standard polling site regulations versus those involving school elections or additional early voting sites.