Arkansas Code
Subchapter 5 - Voting Machines
§ 7-5-522. Voting procedure

(a)
(1) When a voter presents himself or herself for the purpose of voting, the poll workers shall ascertain whether he or she is properly qualified and registered under § 7-5-305.
(2) In preparing the machines, the poll workers shall ensure that each voter will have access only to the proper ballot.

(b) Only one (1) voter at a time shall be permitted to approach a voting machine. Having cast his or her vote, the voter shall at once move away from the voting machine and leave the polling room by the exit provided.
(c) A voter having left the voting machine shall not be permitted to return to the voting machine except to complete the voting process.
(d) If a voter leaves an electronic ballot on a voting machine on which the voter has either made some or no selections and has failed to complete the process of casting the ballot and failed to notify a poll worker of his or her desire to cancel the ballot before departing the polling site, two (2) poll workers shall take action to complete the process of casting the ballot and shall document:
(1) The time;
(2) The name of the voter, if known;
(3) The names of the poll workers completing the process of casting the ballot; and
(4) All other circumstances surrounding the abandoned ballot.

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