TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE DESIGNATION OF AN EARLY VOTING LOCATION BY THE COUNTY CLERK.

SB 296 amends Arkansas law to clarify how county election boards designate additional early voting locations. It requires county boards of election commissioners to unanimously vote to select new early voting sites within the county seat, beyond the standard polling locations established for the previous general election. The bill specifies that these additional sites must operate during the same hours as existing early voting locations (8 a.m.-6 p.m. weekdays, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturdays) for elections. This change directly affects county election boards, which now have a defined process for expanding early voting access within their jurisdictions.