Nearly 1,300 people were found to be registered to vote in Arkansas at the same time they were registered in Alabama or Tennessee under an initiative aimed at removing outdated information, Secretary of State Cole Jester said Friday.
Officials confirmed 1,267 people appear to be registered in both Arkansas and Tennessee or Alabama, the neighboring states participating in the initiative. Jester will work with the other two states to remove whichever registration is inaccurate, according to a news release.
This is exactly why Arkansas pursued these agreementsto identify problems and address them before they undermine confidence in our elections, Jester said in the release.
Jester, a Republican, announced in September the One State One Vote initiative, which created a partnership between Arkansas and neighboring states to ensure people arent registered to vote in more than one state.
The Arkansas Secretary of States office is seeking data from other states and expects additional findings as more information is received, Jesters office said.
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