In the Nov. 6 election, Arkansans are told to provide photo identification before they can cast votes on, among other things, a proposal on whether to enshrine that requirement in the Arkansas Constitution.
Issue 2 -- referred to the people by the General Assembly -- would amend Article 3 of the Arkansas Constitution, adding a provision to require voters to present photo IDs before voting in person or on an absentee ballot.
Arkansas lawmakers in 2017 passed a law with an identical requirement -- Act 633 -- that's now in effect. The Legislature also referred Issue 2 to the ballot.
Republicans for years have tried to make Arkansas the 35th state to enact some sort of voter-ID requirement. The Arkansas Supreme Court in 2014 struck down a 2013 law on the grounds that it added a requirement to the voting process and it didn't pass with enough votes in the Legislature.
