Arkansas Code
Subchapter 5 - Voting Machines
§ 7-5-509. Machines used for demonstration

(a)
(1) The county board of election commissioners may designate suitable times and places where voting machines shall be exhibited for the purpose of giving instructions in their use to all voters who apply for instruction.
(2) Public notice of the times and places where voting machines will be exhibited shall be given at least forty-eight (48) hours before the first date of demonstration by publication one (1) time in one (1) or more daily or weekly newspapers published in the town, city, or county using the machines if a newspaper is published in the town, city, or county.

(b)
(1) The location of voting machines for demonstration shall be in accessible public buildings.
(2) The voting machines used for demonstration shall display sample ballots showing the title of offices to be filled and, as far as practicable, the names of the candidates in the next election.

(c) No voting machine that is to be assigned for use in any election shall be used for instruction after having been prepared and secured for the election. Machines shall not be used for demonstration purposes during the time that the polls are open on election day or if the demonstration shall in any way interfere with the proper adjustment, securing, or use of the machine in the election.

Structure Arkansas Code

Arkansas Code

Title 7 - Elections

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

§ 7-5-522. Voting procedure

§ 7-5-524. Voter access to machines — Persons in line at closing time

§ 7-5-525. Write-in votes

§ 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

§ 7-5-531. Retention of audit data — Machines to remain secured until results are certified except on court order

§ 7-5-532. Direct-recording electronic voting machines — Definitions