This bill amends the Arkansas Constitution, specifically Amendment 51, to expand voter registration eligibility to include individuals who are sixteen or seventeen years of age. The amendments replace the previous requirement that voters must be eighteen years old on or before election day with a new question on voter registration forms asking if the applicant is at least sixteen years old. Additionally, it introduces a new subsection that allows those aged sixteen or seventeen to register, while ensuring they cannot vote until they turn eighteen. Their registration will be marked to indicate their ineligibility to vote until they reach the required age.

Furthermore, the bill mandates that the voter registration lists maintained by the Permanent Registrars will now include individuals aged sixteen and seventeen who have registered under the new provisions. This information will be certified to the Secretary of State, who will compile and make available the total number of registered voters, including those younger registrants. The changes aim to encourage civic engagement among younger individuals while maintaining the voting age requirement.