(a) Votes for any person whose name does not appear on the voting machine as a qualified candidate for office are referred to in this section as write-in votes.
(b)
(1) The voting machine shall be programmed to allow a voter to enter the name of a qualified write-in candidate on the ballot.
(2) A write-in vote shall be cast in the appropriate place on the ballot, or the vote for that candidate shall be void and not counted.
(c) Write-in votes shall not be counted in primary elections.
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