Shhhhh!! Change the title to something completely different or more wholesome and they’ll never notice it’s the same law that was rejected – PB/TK
Arkansas Replaces Voter ID Law Struck Down By State Supreme Court With Basically The Same Thing – March 25 2017
Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson (R) signed a bill Friday requiring voters to show photo identification at the polls ― even though the state Supreme Court struck down a nearly identical measure just three years ago.
A similar requirement was enacted just four years ago, but the state Supreme Court struck it down in 2014. The court found that the voting requirements of the law went beyond what was required by the constitution, which only says that a voter must be at least 18 years old, a resident of Arkansas and lawfully registered.
Unlike the previous measure, the new law allows voters to cast a provisional ballot at the polls, which will only be counted if they go to the offices of election officials by noon on the Monday after the election. The legislation requires the state to provide free photo identification to those who don’t have an acceptable form to vote, but similar plans in other states have caused confusion. And even if they do have the acceptable form of identification, but forget it on election day, traveling to the offices of election officials imposes an additional burden.
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