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An act TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING ELECTION AUDITS, the official text

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1 State of Arkansas                      A Bill
2 95th General Assembly

3 Regular Session, 2025                                            SENATE BILL 294

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5 By: Senator K. Hammer

6 By: Representative Underwood

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8                               For An Act To Be Entitled

9   AN ACT TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING ELECTION AUDITS;

10  TO ALLOW THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTION COMMISSIONERS TO

11  AUDIT A COUNTY IN THE PRECEDING ELECTION IN CERTAIN

12  CIRCUMSTANCES; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

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15                                       Subtitle

16                       TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING ELECTION

17                       AUDITS; AND TO ALLOW THE STATE BOARD OF

18                       ELECTION COMMISSIONERS TO AUDIT A COUNTY

19                       IN THE PRECEDING ELECTION IN CERTAIN

20                       CIRCUMSTANCES.

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22 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS:

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24  SECTION 1. Arkansas Code � 7-4-121(a)(2)(A), concerning the duties of

25 the State Board of Election Commissioners during a post-election audit, is

26 amended to read as follows:

27                       (A)(i) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision

28 (a)(2)(A)(ii) of this section, Select select by lot the counties, polling

29 sites, early voting locations, and vote centers to be audited.

30                              (ii) If a county in the immediately preceding

31 preferential primary election or general election is found to have less than

32 one hundred percent (100%) accuracy in the State Board of Election

33 Commissioners audit, the county shall be chosen for audit in the subsequent

34 preferential primary election or general election;

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