Opinion No.

The Honorable Sharon Priest Secretary of State State Capitol Little Rock, AR 72201-1094

Dear Ms. Priest:

This is in response to your request for an opinion regardingAct 947 of 1995, which amends Amendment 51 to the Arkansas Constitution with respect to voter registration. As you note, Amendment 51 currently provides for the so-called twenty-day "cutoff period" during which voter registration is not effective except as to subsequent elections. Seegenerally Pike Co. School Dist. 1 v. Pike Co. Ed. Bd., 247 Ark. 14, 16,444 S.W.2d 75 (1969). Section 9(b) of Amendment 51 states:

Registration shall be…