Opinion No.

The Honorable William L. "Bill" Walker, Jr. State Representative P. O. Box 1609 Little Rock, Arkansas 72203

Dear Representative Walker:

This is in response to your request for an opinion regarding Act 843 of 1987. You have asked, specifically, for an opinion on the constitutionality of this Act.

Act 843 amends Sections 4, 5, 7, and 10 of Article 9 of Act 465 of 1969, as amended [codified at Ark. Stat. Ann. 3-904, 3-905, 3-907 and 3-910 (Cum. Supp. 1985)]. Section 1 of Act 843 relates to absentee ballot applications and provides in pertinent part as follows:

SECTION 1. Section 4 of Article 9 of…