2021-02-06 Senator Alan Clark on SB 188: Polling Electioneering

On the 02/07/21 Kim Hammer Show, State Senator Alan Clark (Dist. 13) discussed his legislation SB188 that declares that polling places are "not private property" on election day(s) but "will be operated as polling places."

This legislation is aimed at bans by property owners who want to stop lawful electioneering activity such as signature gathering, holding and placing signs, etc on "private property" used as a polling place. While Arkansas law already specifies such activities must take place beyond 100 feet of a polling place, this bill also more closely defines that provision as "100 feet of the primary exterior entrance" of a polling place.