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Voter ID Requirements
Documents and identification cards that will be accepted as verification of voter registration include without limitation:
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Driver’s license
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Photo identification card
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Concealed handgun carry license
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United States passport
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Employee badge or identification document issued by an accredited postsecondary education institution in the State of Arkansas
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United States military identification document
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Public assistance identification card if the card shows a photograph of the person to whom the document or identification card was issued
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Voter verification card as provided under Ark. Code § 7-5-324.
Each document or identification card must meet the following requirements:
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Show the name of the person to whom the document or identification card was issued
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Show a photograph of the person to whom the document or identification card was issued
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Be issued by the United States, the State of Arkansas, or an accredited postsecondary educational institution in the State of Arkansas
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If displaying an expiration date, is not expired or expired no more than four (4) years before the date of the election in which the voter seeks to vote.
Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 51, § 13(b)(1)(A)
Arkansas voters are required by law to verify their identity when voting in person at the polls. If the voter is unable to verify their registration, they have the opportunity to vote a provisional ballot. Under this circumstance, the voter has until 12:00 noon on the first Monday following the election to provide proper identification.
A person who is a resident of a long-term care or residential care facility licensed by the state of Arkansas is not required to verify his or her registration by presenting a document or identification card as described above when voting in person, but must provide documentation from the administrator of the facility attesting that the person is a resident of the facility.
Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 51, § 13(b)(2)(B)
Provisional Voting for Voters Unable to Verify Registration
Voters unable to verify registration when voting in person shall be permitted to cast a provisional ballot. Provisional ballots cast in this manner will be counted if:
The voter returns to the county board of election commissioners or the county clerk by 12:00 noon on the Monday following the election and presents a document or identification card meeting the requirements described above, and the county board of election commissioners does not determine that the provisional ballot is invalid and should not be counted based on other grounds.
Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 51, § 13(b)(1)(B)