(a) Any person or corporation selling voting machines may apply to exhibit machines to the State Board of Election Commissioners.
(b) The state board shall examine the machine and file a report of its accuracy, efficiency, and capacity with the office of the Secretary of State.
(c) If the kind of machine examined complies with the requirements of § 7-5-504 and can be safely used by voters at elections under the conditions prescribed, the machine shall be deemed approved by the state board, and machines of its kind may be adopted for use at elections if selected for use by the Secretary of State. When the machine has been approved, any improvement or change that does not impair its accuracy, efficiency, or capacity shall not render necessary a reexamination or reapproval.
(d) A form of voting machine not approved cannot be used at any election.
Structure Arkansas Code
Chapter 5 - Election Procedure Generally
Subchapter 5 - Voting Machines
§ 7-5-502. Application of election laws and penalties
§ 7-5-503. Examination and approval of machines by State Board of Election Commissioners
§ 7-5-504. Machine specifications
§ 7-5-507. Demonstration — Assistance in operating machine
§ 7-5-509. Machines used for demonstration
§ 7-5-510. Forms for complaints about function of voting machine — Investigation
§ 7-5-512. Certification of ballot styles — Equipment furnished to polling sites
§ 7-5-513. Machine breakdown — Delivery of ballot materials
§ 7-5-515. Preparation of machines for election — Logic and accuracy testing and public testing
§ 7-5-516. Notice to candidates of preparation — Rules and statutes unaffected
§ 7-5-517. Securing machines — Certification
§ 7-5-518. Machines inactivated until polls open — Adjustment of counters
§ 7-5-520. Instructions for voters using voting machines
§ 7-5-521. Arrangement of polling place
§ 7-5-524. Voter access to machines — Persons in line at closing time
§ 7-5-526. Closing of polls — Securing machines — Poll workers' certificate
§ 7-5-527. Exposure of count — Verification — Return record — Official signatures
§ 7-5-528. Machines released to officers
§ 7-5-529. Tabulation of returns
§ 7-5-530. Securing audit materials upon election contest or recount
§ 7-5-532. Direct-recording electronic voting machines — Definitions