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Senate committee defeats proposal to create Secretary of State document‑validity investigators
Summary
The Senate State Agencies & Governmental Affairs Committee rejected a bill to create a document‑validity division in the Arkansas Secretary of State's office with investigatory authority over petitions and filings.
The Senate State Agencies & Governmental Affairs Committee rejected Senate Bill 2 12, a measure that would have created a document‑validity division inside the Arkansas Secretary of State's office with investigatory powers over petition and filing fraud.
Committee Chair Senator Hammer sponsored the bill and told the committee the office needs a fact‑finding arm to investigate suspected fraud and refer criminal matters to prosecutors. "[T]he secretary of state can take ownership of securing this issue and kind of being able to look into complaints," he said, arguing the…
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