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Senators move to streamline write-in candidate process, removing special "write-in blank"
Summary
Senator Kroll’s bill would end the current special ‘write-in blank’ mechanism and require write-in candidates to follow the same filing process as other candidates; the sponsor and State Election Commission director said the change removes a procedural trap that can waste votes, while senators questioned whether small-local emergencies would be adversely affected.
Senator Kroll presented legislation to change Arkansas’ write-in candidate rules, saying the bill eliminates the existing "write-in blank" process that can render votes for unnamed write-ins invalid. "The purpose of this bill is to get on the ballot, to have a line, to even have a line where you can do a…
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