House defeats bill to reduce early voting House defeats bill to reduce early voting April 27, 20213:19 pm The House defeated SB 485 to eliminate the Monday before an election as an early voting day. The vote was 39-43, with three voting present and others not voting. The roll call will be here, but it had obvious bipartisan opposition. A motion to clinch the vote failed, so it can be called IP for another vote. The bill failed four times in committee before slipping out in a hurry-up, lightly attended night session. Advertisement Rep Justin Gonzales said the bill would give poll workers a break to prepare for election day. He said Arkansas would still rank 12th among the states in the number of early voting days.