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Committee advances short election bills changing complaint routing and clarifying supervision of election officials
Summary
Committee approved HB 4 98 to route complaints about election irregularities to the State Board of Election Commissioners and SB 5 57 to clarify county boards' ability to 'detail' county employees as election officials and delegate supervision by affirmative vote.
Little Rock — The Senate committee approved two compact election-administration bills aimed at clarifying who handles complaints and who supervises election staff.
Senator Mark Johnson said HB 4 98 clarifies that complaints about election irregularities should be sent to the State Board of Election Commissioners for evaluation…
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