(a) It shall be the duty of the county board of election commissioners in each county to cause each title and popular name to be printed upon the official ballot to be used in the election at which the measure is to be voted upon, in the manner certified by the Secretary of State.
(b) The title and popular name shall be stated plainly, followed by these words:
(c)
(1) In arranging the ballot titles on the ballot, the county board of election commissioners shall place each measure separate and apart from others.
(2) Each statewide measure shall be designated on the ballot as an issue, and the issues shall be numbered consecutively beginning with “Issue 1” and in the following order:
(A) Constitutional amendments proposed by the General Assembly, if any;
(B) Initiated constitutional amendments, if any;
(C) Statewide initiated acts, if any;
(D) Referred acts of the General Assembly, if any;
(E) Questions referred by the General Assembly, if any; and
(F) Other measures that may be referred, if any.
(3) The ballot titles of measures submitted by municipalities, counties, and other political subdivisions that may submit ballot measures to the people shall be:
(A) Placed separate and apart on the ballot from the ballot titles of statewide measures and from other ballot titles of measures submitted by municipalities, counties, and other political subdivisions; and
(B) Numbered consecutively for each political subdivision in the following order:
(i) Initiated local measures, if any;
(ii) Referred local measures, if any; and
(iii) Other measures that may be referred, if any.
“FOR ISSUE NO . “AGAINST ISSUE NO .”
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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