(a)
(1) The duties imposed by this act upon members of the State Board of Election Commissioners and county boards of election commissioners, election officials, and all other officers expressly named in this act are declared to be mandatory.
(2) These duties shall be performed in good faith within the time and in the manner provided.
(b)
(1) If any member of any board, any election official, or any other officer so charged with the duty shall knowingly and willfully fail or refuse to perform his or her duty or shall knowingly and willfully commit a fraud in evading the performance of his or her duty, then he or she shall be guilty of a violation.
(2) Upon conviction, he or she shall be fined any sum not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) and also shall be removed from office.
Structure Arkansas Code
Chapter 9 - Initiatives, Referenda, and Constitutional Amendments
Subchapter 1 - Petition and Election Procedure
§ 7-9-102. Duties of election officers — Penalty for failure to perform
§ 7-9-103. Signing of petition — Penalty for falsification — Notice of suspected forgery
§ 7-9-104. Form of initiative petition — Sufficiency of signatures
§ 7-9-105. Form of referendum petition — Sufficiency of signatures
§ 7-9-106. Required attachments to petitions
§ 7-9-107. Filing of original draft before circulation
§ 7-9-108. Procedure for circulation of petition
§ 7-9-109. Form of verification — Penalty for false statement
§ 7-9-110. Designation of number and popular name
§ 7-9-111. Determination of sufficiency of petition — Corrections
§ 7-9-113. Publication of notice
§ 7-9-114. Abstract of proposed measure
§ 7-9-115. Furnishing ballot title and popular name to election commissioners
§ 7-9-116. Captions and designations of numbered issues
§ 7-9-118. Failure to place proposal on ballot — Manner of voting
§ 7-9-119. Counting, canvass, and return of votes — Proclamation of result — Effective date
§ 7-9-120. Printing of approved measures with general laws — Certification of city ordinances
§ 7-9-121. Contest of returns and certification
§ 7-9-122. Adoption of conflicting measures
§ 7-9-123. Preservation of records
§ 7-9-124. Voter registration signature imaging system — Creation of fund
§ 7-9-125. Definition — Prohibition of profit — Penalties — Freedom of information