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Republican Sen. Kim Hammer of Benton succeeded in passing a bill regulating how counties can switch to paper ballots on Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023. He's seen here with Sen. John Payton (R-Wilburn) at a 2022 Arkansas Legislative Council meeting. (Courtesy of Arkansas Senate)

Paper ballot bill passes Arkansas Senate
BY: - February 28, 2023

Arkansas counties that choose to hand count votes after an election would still have to use a state-approved machine to perform a preliminary count under a bill the state Senate passed on a 21-6 vote Tuesday. Senate Bill 250 also would require counties that move to hand-marked, hand-counted ballots to bear the cost of printing […]

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