(a) The right to contest the returns and certification of the votes cast upon any measure is expressly conferred upon any twenty-five (25) qualified electors of the state.
(b) Any contest may be brought in the Pulaski County Circuit Court and shall be conducted under any rules and regulations as may be made and promulgated by the Supreme Court. However, the complaint shall be filed within sixty (60) days after the certification of the vote thereon, and the contestants shall not be required to make bond for the costs.
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