The bill aims to make technical corrections to Title 7 of the Arkansas Code concerning elections. It reenacts specific sections to ratify decisions made by the Arkansas Code Revision Commission, including the merging of Acts 2023, No. 444 and No. 460. Notable insertions include detailed procedures for the duplication of damaged or defective ballots, which require election officials to create a true duplicate, label both the original and duplicate ballots, and maintain a recorded count of damaged ballots in the presence of authorized poll watchers. Additionally, the bill modifies the reporting threshold for independent expenditures from "five-hundred-dollar" to "two-hundred-dollar" and changes a conjunction in the context of initiative petitions from "and" to "or."
Furthermore, the bill clarifies the legislative intent, ensuring that its enactment does not repeal any acts passed during the regular session of the Ninety-Fifth General Assembly and that any conflicts with previous acts are resolved in favor of the latter. The overall focus of the bill is on making technical, non-substantive changes to improve the clarity and functionality of election-related laws in Arkansas.