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Chapter 1 - General Provisions
§ 7-1-101. Definitions - As used in this title, unless the context or chapter...
§ 7-1-102. Work time to be scheduled for voting — Penalty - Each employer in the state shall schedule the work hours...
§ 7-1-103. Miscellaneous misdemeanor offenses — Penalties — Definitions - (a) The violation of any of the following shall be...
§ 7-1-104. Miscellaneous felonies — Penalties - (a) The following offenses shall be deemed felonies punishable as...
§ 7-1-105. Majority of qualified electors - Whenever any law of this state shall require that a...
§ 7-1-106. Election laws expert - The Secretary of State shall designate at least one (1)...
§ 7-1-108. Election law deadlines - If an election law deadline occurs on a Saturday, Sunday,...
§ 7-1-109. Enforcement of election laws - Following a written complaint concerning any election law violation or...
§ 7-1-110. Voting information on internet website - The Secretary of State shall provide on his or her...
§ 7-1-111. Use of public funds to support or oppose ballot measure — Definitions - (a) As used in this section: (1) “Governmental body” means...
§ 7-1-112. Destruction of a ballot or ballot materials — Prohibited — Definitions - (a) A person shall not knowingly destroy a ballot or...
§ 7-1-113. Vote centers - (a) (1) The county board of election commissioners may establish...
§ 7-1-114. Display of campaign literature on vehicle of candidate or public official while on State Capitol grounds - (a) It is unlawful for a candidate or a public...
Chapter 2 - Congressional Districts
§ 7-2-101. Number of congressional districts - The State of Arkansas is hereby divided into four (4)...
§ 7-2-102. First Congressional District - (a) The First Congressional District shall be composed of: (1)...
§ 7-2-103. Second Congressional District - (a) The Second Congressional District shall be composed of the...
§ 7-2-104. Third Congressional District - (a) The Third Congressional District shall be composed of: (1)...
§ 7-2-105. Fourth Congressional District - (a) The Fourth Congressional District shall be composed of: (1)...
Chapter 3 - Political Parties
§ 7-3-101. Duties and powers - (a) Subject to the provisions of this act and other...
§ 7-3-102. National committee members - The national committeeman and national committeewoman of political parties of...
§ 7-3-103. State committee members - (a) The members of the state committee of political parties...
§ 7-3-104. County committee members - (a) (1) The members of the county committee of political...
§ 7-3-105. County convention delegates — Selection — Vacancy - (a) Delegates to the county convention shall be elected in...
§ 7-3-106. County convention — Primary election results — Selection of state and national delegates — Vacancies - (a) Each political party holding a primary election shall at...
§ 7-3-107. State convention — Declaration of election results and nominees — Certificates - After a primary election for the selection of nominees for...
§ 7-3-108. Subversive parties — New parties — Affidavit required — Penalty - (a) A political party shall not be recognized, qualified to...
Chapter 4 - Boards of Election Commissioners and Other Election Officers
Subchapter 1 - General Provisions
§ 7-4-101. State Board of Election Commissioners — Members — Officers — Meetings - (a) The State Board of Election Commissioners shall be composed...
§ 7-4-102. County boards of election commissioners — Election of members — Oath - (a) (1) (A) In January of each odd-numbered year following...
§ 7-4-103. Vacancy or disqualification of state or county chair - In the event of a vacancy or disqualification on the...
§ 7-4-104. Lists of county chairs — Notification of vacancies - (a) (1) It shall be the duty of the majority...
§ 7-4-105. County board of election commissioners — Officers — Meetings - (a) The county board of election commissioners shall hold office...
§ 7-4-106. Assistance of prosecuting attorney - (a) The county board of election commissioners, as created by...
§ 7-4-107. Duties of county board of election commissioners - (a) The county board of election commissioners shall: (1) Ensure...
§ 7-4-108. Absence of election officials — Filling vacancy - (a) If any election official is absent at the time...
§ 7-4-109. Qualifications of state and county commissioners, election officials, poll workers, and certified election monitors - (a) (1) A member of the State Board of Election...
§ 7-4-110. Oath of election officers - (a) The election officials, before entering on their duties, shall...
§ 7-4-111. Compensation of board members - (a) The State Board of Election Commissioners may receive expense...
§ 7-4-112. Compensation of election officials - (a) Except as provided under subsection (c) of this section,...
§ 7-4-113. Record of funds and expenditures - The county board of election commissioners of each county shall...
§ 7-4-114. Filling vacancy of an elected office — Effect - Any member of a county board of election commissioners may...
§ 7-4-115. Legislative intent - Due to the United States Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals...
§ 7-4-116. Election poll workers program for high school students - (a) (1) The county board of election commissioners may conduct...
§ 7-4-117. Election poll workers program for college students - (a) (1) The county board of election commissioners may conduct...
§ 7-4-119. Disclosure required - (a) A member of a county board of election commissioners...
§ 7-4-120. Complaints of election law violations — Definitions - (a) (1) Except as provided in subdivision (a)(2) of this...
§ 7-4-121. Election audits - (a) (1) The State Board of Election Commissioners shall audit...
Chapter 5 - Election Procedure Generally
§ 7-5-101. Precinct boundaries, polling sites, and vote centers — Establishment and alteration - (a) (1) The county board of election commissioners shall: (A)...
§ 7-5-102. Time of general election - On the Tuesday next after the first Monday in November...
§ 7-5-104. Election expenses — Allocation - (a) (1) All expenses of general elections for presidential, congressional,...
§ 7-5-106. Runoff elections for county and municipal officers — Definition - (a) (1) If there are more than two (2) candidates...
§ 7-5-107. Use of voter registration lists by poll workers - (a) (1) In any election conducted in this state, precinct...
§ 7-5-109. Computerized voter registration lists - (a) The county clerks of the several counties of the...
§ 7-5-110. Registration lists for each ballot combination - In any precinct with more than one (1) ballot combination,...
§ 7-5-111. Candidacy for more than one elected office — Limitations - A person shall not run for election for more than...
Subchapter 2 - Preelection Proceedings
§ 7-5-201. Voter qualification - (a) To be qualified to vote, a person shall have...
§ 7-5-202. Public notice of elections - (a) (1) It shall be the duty of the county...
§ 7-5-203. Certification of candidate lists - (a) (1) Not less than seventy-five (75) days before each...
§ 7-5-204. Certification of measures and questions submitted to voters - (a) Whenever a proposed amendment to the Arkansas Constitution or...
§ 7-5-205. Write-in candidates' votes — When counted - No votes for write-in candidates shall be counted or tabulated...
§ 7-5-206. Publication requirements - The county board of election commissioners shall make publication of...
§ 7-5-207. Ballots — Names included — Draw for ballot position - (a) (1) Except as provided in subdivision (a)(2) of this...
§ 7-5-208. Ballots — Form - (a) All election ballots provided by the county board of...
§ 7-5-209. Ballots — Correction of errors - Whenever it shall appear by affidavit that an error or...
§ 7-5-211. Delivery of election supplies - (a) At least one (1) day before any election: (1)...
Subchapter 3 - Conduct of Elections
§ 7-5-301. Acquisition, use, and cost of voting systems - (a) The casting and counting of votes in all elections...
§ 7-5-304. Opening and closing polls — Time - (a) The polls shall be opened at 7:30 a.m., and...
§ 7-5-305. Requirements - (a) Before a person is permitted to vote, the poll...
§ 7-5-306. Procedure when voter's name is not on the precinct voter registration list - (a) If the voter's name is not on the precinct...
§ 7-5-308. Provisional ballot procedure - (a) Except as provided under subsection (b) of this section,...
§ 7-5-309. Voting procedure - (a) Before giving the voter a preprinted paper ballot, a...
§ 7-5-310. Privacy — Assistance to voters with disabilities - (a) (1) Each voter shall be provided the privacy to...
§ 7-5-311. Voters with disabilities — Special procedures — Definition - (a) The county boards of election commissioners shall provide voting...
§ 7-5-312. Challenge of voter's ballot by poll watchers, candidates, or designees - (a) Poll watchers shall include any: (1) Candidate in person,...
§ 7-5-314. Duties of election officials — Voter lists - The election officials shall total the number of voters on...
§ 7-5-315. Counting votes for unopposed and deceased candidates - (a) (1) The votes received by an unopposed candidate in...
§ 7-5-316. Presence of candidate — Designation of representatives - (a) After the polls have been closed, the counting of...
§ 7-5-317. Processing and delivery of election materials - (a) After the polls close, all of the election materials...
§ 7-5-318. Failure to deliver materials — Penalty — Messenger to obtain delinquent returns - (a) If the poll workers fail to deliver the ballots,...
§ 7-5-319. Recount - (a) (1) Any candidate voted for who may be dissatisfied...
§ 7-5-323. Procedure when voter fails to provide verification of registration - If a ballot or absentee ballot is deemed a provisional...
§ 7-5-324. Voter verification card - (a) (1) (A) The Secretary of State shall provide by...
Subchapter 4 - Absentee Voting
§ 7-5-401. Duties of county clerk - (a) The county clerk shall be the custodian of the...
§ 7-5-402. Voter qualification - The following persons, if possessing the qualifications of electors, may...
§ 7-5-403. Designated bearers, authorized agents, and administrators - (a) (1) A designated bearer may obtain absentee ballots for...
§ 7-5-404. Applications for ballots — Definition - (a) (1) (A) Applications for absentee ballots must be signed...
§ 7-5-405. Application form - (a) (1) Applications for absentee ballots may be made on...
§ 7-5-406. Members of uniformed services and other citizens residing outside the United States - (a) Any qualified elector of this state in any of...
§ 7-5-407. Preparation and delivery of ballots - (a) (1) The county board of election commissioners shall prepare...
§ 7-5-408. List of applications — Preparation, preservation, and inspection - (a) The county clerk shall make a list of the...
§ 7-5-409. Materials furnished to qualified voters - (a) (1) (A) The county clerk must satisfy himself or...
§ 7-5-410. Instructions and notice included with voting materials — Other enclosures prohibited - It shall be unlawful for any person to place any...
§ 7-5-411. Methods of voting absentee - (a) Absentee voting may be accomplished in one (1) of...
§ 7-5-412. Marking and return of absentee ballots — Delivery of mailed absentee ballots - (a) Upon receiving the blank absentee ballot, voter statement, and...
§ 7-5-413. Voting machines — Related duties - (a) (1) At least one (1) voting machine equipped for...
§ 7-5-414. Appointment of election clerks — Qualifications - (a) The county board of election commissioners shall appoint election...
§ 7-5-415. Compensation of county clerk for extra deputy - The county clerk's budget shall be paid not less than...
§ 7-5-416. Counting of absentee ballots - (a) (1) The election officials for absentee ballots may meet...
§ 7-5-417. Challenge of absentee votes - (a) When the name and voting precinct of a voter...
§ 7-5-418. Early voting - (a) (1) (A) Except as provided in subdivision (a)(1)(B) of...
Subchapter 5 - Voting Machines
§ 7-5-502. Application of election laws and penalties - All laws of this state applicable to elections where voting...
§ 7-5-503. Examination and approval of machines by State Board of Election Commissioners - (a) Any person or corporation selling voting machines may apply...
§ 7-5-504. Machine specifications - No make of voting machine shall be approved for use...
§ 7-5-507. Demonstration — Assistance in operating machine - (a) (1) The manufacturer shall demonstrate the machine to the...
§ 7-5-509. Machines used for demonstration - (a) (1) The county board of election commissioners may designate...
§ 7-5-510. Forms for complaints about function of voting machine — Investigation - (a) At each polling place at which voting machines are...
§ 7-5-512. Certification of ballot styles — Equipment furnished to polling sites - (a) It shall be the duty of the county board...
§ 7-5-513. Machine breakdown — Delivery of ballot materials - The county board of election commissioners in any county in...
§ 7-5-515. Preparation of machines for election — Logic and accuracy testing and public testing - (a) Immediately upon the proper certification of candidates and questions,...
§ 7-5-516. Notice to candidates of preparation — Rules and statutes unaffected - Before the county board of election commissioners begins the preparation...
§ 7-5-517. Securing machines — Certification - (a) When a voting machine has been properly prepared by...
§ 7-5-518. Machines inactivated until polls open — Adjustment of counters - (a) The voting machine shall remain inactivated against voting until...
§ 7-5-520. Instructions for voters using voting machines - During the election, each voter shall be instructed regarding the...
§ 7-5-521. Arrangement of polling place - (a) The exterior of the voting machine and every part...
§ 7-5-522. Voting procedure - (a) (1) When a voter presents himself or herself for...
§ 7-5-524. Voter access to machines — Persons in line at closing time - (a) During the time that the polls are open for...
§ 7-5-525. Write-in votes - (a) Votes for any person whose name does not appear...
§ 7-5-526. Closing of polls — Securing machines — Poll workers' certificate - (a) At the official time for closing the polls and...
§ 7-5-527. Exposure of count — Verification — Return record — Official signatures - (a) The poll workers shall then expose the count in...
§ 7-5-528. Machines released to officers - Voting machines shall be released to a person designated by...
§ 7-5-529. Tabulation of returns - (a) The county board of election commissioners shall compile countywide...
§ 7-5-530. Securing audit materials upon election contest or recount - (a) The county board of election commissioners shall produce an...
§ 7-5-531. Retention of audit data — Machines to remain secured until results are certified except on court order - (a) All audit logs and voter-verified paper audit trails produced...
§ 7-5-532. Direct-recording electronic voting machines — Definitions - (a) For purposes of this section: (1) “Direct-recording electronic voting...
Subchapter 6 - Paper Ballots and Electronic Vote Tabulating Devices
§ 7-5-601. Paper ballots — Form - (a) All paper ballots provided by the county board of...
§ 7-5-602. Ballots — Number — Official — Marking device — Spoiled - (a) (1) The county board of election commissioners of each...
§ 7-5-603. Counting paper ballots at the polling site - When paper ballots are to be counted at the polling...
§ 7-5-604. Authorization — Election laws applicable - (a) Paper ballot voting systems that include electronic vote tabulating...
§ 7-5-606. Approval of equipment — Specifications - (a) The State Board of Election Commissioners may promulgate rules...
§ 7-5-607. Arrangement of polling place - In precincts where an electronic vote tabulating device is used,...
§ 7-5-609. Spoiled ballots - Any voter who spoils his or her ballot or makes...
§ 7-5-610. Write-in ballots - In all elections in which write-in candidacies are allowed, the...
§ 7-5-611. Preparation of electronic vote tabulating devices — Test — Disposition of voting materials - (a) (1) The county board of election commissioners, with respect...
§ 7-5-613. Counting ballots and write-in votes - In precincts where an electronic vote tabulating device is used,...
§ 7-5-614. Locations for vote tabulation — Procedures - For the tabulation of votes of a precinct by electronic...
§ 7-5-615. Tabulation of votes — Defective ballots — Certification of returns - (a) The counting of votes by electronic vote tabulating devices...
§ 7-5-616. Penalty - A person who violates this subchapter shall be subject to...
Subchapter 7 - Returns and Canvass
§ 7-5-701. Declaration of results — Certification, delivery, and custody of returns - (a) (1) No earlier than forty-eight (48) hours after the...
§ 7-5-702. Preservation of ballots, stubs, certificates, and other election materials - (a) After the election has been finally certified by the...
§ 7-5-703. Votes for United States Congress — Tie vote - (a) It shall be the duty of the Secretary of...
§ 7-5-704. Votes for legislative, judicial, and executive officers — Tie vote - (a) It shall be the duty of the Secretary of...
§ 7-5-705. Votes for constitutional officers — Tie vote — Certificate of election - (a) During the first week of the session after each...
§ 7-5-706. Presentation of list of legislators elected - It shall be the duty of the Secretary of State,...
§ 7-5-707. Vote certification - (a) For all state and federal elections, the county board...
Subchapter 8 - Election Contests
§ 7-5-801. Right of action — Procedure - (a) A right of action is conferred on any candidate...
§ 7-5-802. Circuit court proceedings - (a) If the complaint is sufficiently definite to make a...
§ 7-5-803. Special judges for additional contests - (a) In the event that there are more election contests...
§ 7-5-804. Trial — Appeal — Enforcement — Other laws superseded - (a) The election contest shall be tried by the circuit...
§ 7-5-805. Contest of state legislative offices - (a) Any contest to the eligibility, qualifications, or election to...
§ 7-5-806. Contest of state constitutional executive offices - (a) All contested general elections of Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary...
§ 7-5-807. Election illegalities — Complaint — Grand jury investigation — Indictment — Trial - (a) If ten (10) reputable citizens of any county shall...
§ 7-5-808. Finding of guilt — Effect - (a) Should it be proved to the satisfaction of the...
§ 7-5-809. Determination of guilt after election — Effect - (a) Should a proceeding under previous sections of this subchapter...
§ 7-5-810. Contest of election results — Time for appeal - An appeal to contest the determination of any election in...
Subchapter 9 - Voting and Elections Transparency Act of 2017
§ 7-5-901. Title - This subchapter shall be known and cited as the “Voting...
§ 7-5-902. Uncounted votes - (a) If for any reason a vote, including an absentee...
§ 7-5-903. Voter notification - (a) Except as otherwise provided under federal law and Arkansas...
§ 7-5-904. Election commissioners - (a) A member of the State Board of Election Commissioners...
§ 7-5-905. Documentation for long-term care or residential care facility residents - (a) The documentation required to be submitted by a person...
Chapter 6 - Campaign Practices
§ 7-6-101. Campaign services contract — Right of action - No action shall be brought to charge any person upon...
§ 7-6-102. Political practices pledge — Penalty for falsification - (a) (1) Candidates for political party nominations for state or...
§ 7-6-103. Campaign participation by judges — Penalty — Definition - (a) It shall be unlawful for any judge of the...
§ 7-6-104. Defamatory political broadcasts - Neither the owner, licensee, nor operator of a visual or...
§ 7-6-105. Use of sound equipment — Penalty for interference - (a) When any citizen of Arkansas becomes a candidate in...
Subchapter 2 - Campaign Financing
§ 7-6-201. Definitions - As used in this subchapter: (1) (A) “Approved political action...
§ 7-6-202. Penalties - A person who knowingly fails to comply with this subchapter...
§ 7-6-203. Contributions — Limitations — Acceptance or solicitation — Use as personal income — Disposition - (a) (1) (A) It shall be unlawful for any candidate...
§ 7-6-204. Restriction on cash contributions or expenditures — Exception - (a) No campaign contribution in excess of one hundred dollars...
§ 7-6-205. Contributions made indirectly, anonymously, or under assumed names - (a) No campaign contribution shall be made to a candidate,...
§ 7-6-206. Records of contributions and expenditures - (a) A candidate, a political party, or a person acting...
§ 7-6-207. Reports of contributions — Candidates for state or district office - (a) Reports Required. (1) Except as provided in subsections (c)...
§ 7-6-208. Reports of contributions — Candidates for school district, township, or municipal office - (a) Reports Required. Except as provided in subsection (d) of...
§ 7-6-209. Reports of contributions — Candidates for county office - (a) Reports Required. Except as provided in subsection (d) of...
§ 7-6-210. Reports of contributions — Personal loans - (a) (1) The transfer of a candidate's own personal funds...
§ 7-6-213. Verification of reports - All reports required to be filed by the provisions of...
§ 7-6-214. Publication of reports - (a) (1) Upon proper filing, the information required in §§...
§ 7-6-215. Registration and reporting by approved political action committees - (a) (1) (A) To qualify as an approved political action...
§ 7-6-216. Registration and reports by exploratory committees - (a) (1) An exploratory committee shall register with the appropriate...
§ 7-6-217. Creation of Arkansas Ethics Commission - (a) (1) The Arkansas Ethics Commission shall be composed of...
§ 7-6-218. Citizen complaints — Definition - (a) (1) Any citizen may file a complaint with the...
§ 7-6-219. Retiring a campaign debt - (a) (1) Any person who was a candidate and has...
§ 7-6-220. Reporting of independent expenditures - (a) A person who or an independent expenditure committee which...
§ 7-6-222. Tax credits for certain individual political contributions - (a) Pursuant to rules to be adopted by the Department...
§ 7-6-223. Reports of contributions by political parties - (a) Within fifteen (15) calendar days after the end of...
§ 7-6-224. Authority of local jurisdictions - (a) Municipalities, counties, and townships may establish reasonable limitations on:...
§ 7-6-225. Filing deadlines - Whenever a report becomes due on a day which is...
§ 7-6-226. Registration and reporting by county political party committees - (a) (1) (A) To qualify as a county political party...
§ 7-6-227. Registration by independent expenditure committee - (a) (1) (A) An independent expenditure committee shall register with...
§ 7-6-228. Campaign signs and materials - (a) A candidate may retain campaign signs, campaign literature, and...
§ 7-6-229. Amendment of reports — Affirmative defense - (a) It is an affirmative defense to prosecution or disciplinary...
§ 7-6-230. Alternative to electronic filing of reports - (a) (1) A candidate required to file carryover fund reports...
§ 7-6-231. Alternative to electronic filing — Reporting of independent expenditures — Registration and reports for political action committees - (a) (1) A person required to file reports or register...
Chapter 7 - Nominations and Primary Elections
Subchapter 1 - Methods of Nomination
§ 7-7-101. Selection of nominees - The name of no person shall be printed on the...
§ 7-7-102. Party nominees certified at primary election - (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section,...
§ 7-7-103. Filing as an independent — Petitions — Disqualification - (a) (1) A person desiring to have his or her...
§ 7-7-104. Vacancy in nomination — Alternative methods for filling — Tie vote - (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section,...
§ 7-7-105. Filling vacancies in certain offices — Special primary elections - (a) Nominees for special elections called for the purpose of...
§ 7-7-106. Filling vacancies in candidacy for nomination — Preferential primary - (a) A political party may fill a vacancy if: (1)...
Subchapter 2 - Primary Elections Generally
§ 7-7-201. Law governing primary elections - (a) The cost of political party primaries shall be borne...
§ 7-7-202. Preferential and general primaries — When required — Common polling places - (a) Whenever any political party shall select by primary election...
§ 7-7-203. Dates - (a) The general primary election shall be held: (1) For...
§ 7-7-204. Candidacy for multiple nominations prohibited - (a) A person who files as a candidate for nomination...
§ 7-7-205. Petition requirements for new political parties - (a) (1) A group desiring to form a new political...
Subchapter 3 - Conduct of Primary
§ 7-7-301. Party pledges, affidavits of eligibility, and party filing fees - (a) A political party may impose a filing fee for...
§ 7-7-302. Selection of primary election officials - The election officials of primary elections shall be selected in...
§ 7-7-303. Precincts — Boundaries - The election precincts in all political party primary elections shall...
§ 7-7-304. Names to be included on ballots — Withdrawal — Unopposed candidates — Designation of position — Necessity of general primary - (a) (1) The Secretary of State shall certify to all...
§ 7-7-305. Printing of ballots — Form — Draw for ballot position - (a) The ballots of the primary election shall be provided...
§ 7-7-306. Partisan and nonpartisan general election ballots - (a) At each party primary and nonpartisan general election, each...
§ 7-7-307. Additional voter qualifications - (a) Each political party may establish by party rules additional...
§ 7-7-308. Voting procedure and requirements - (a) The procedure for voting in primary elections is the...
§ 7-7-309. Canvass and certification of returns - The county board of election commissioners shall canvass the returns...
§ 7-7-313. Unopposed races - If there is a primary election in which only one...
Subchapter 4 - Certification of Nominations
§ 7-7-401. Certification of nominations - (a) The county board of election commissioners shall certify the...
§ 7-7-402. Filing certificates of nomination - (a) (1) All certified lists of nominees as candidates for...
Chapter 8 - Federal Elections
§ 7-8-101. Primaries — General law governs - All primaries, preferential and general, for the selection of nominees...
§ 7-8-102. Filling Senate vacancies - (a) Vacancies in the office of United States Senator shall...
§ 7-8-103. Credentials of Senate appointee - When the Governor shall make a temporary appointment of a...
§ 7-8-104. Filling vacancies in the House of Representatives - When any vacancy shall happen in the office of a...
Subchapter 2 - Selection of Delegates for National Convention
§ 7-8-201. Preferential elections required — Apportionment of delegates - Each political party in the state desiring to select delegates...
§ 7-8-204. Rules for selection of delegates and alternates - Each political party holding a preferential primary election in the...
Subchapter 3 - Presidential Electors
§ 7-8-301. Date of election - (a) There shall be elected by general ticket in the...
§ 7-8-302. Election and certification of electors — Ballots — Contesting conventions — Vacancy - Choosing and election of electors of President of the United...
§ 7-8-303. Right of nominee to be candidate for other office - (a) The appearance on the general election ballot of the...
§ 7-8-304. Delivery and canvass of returns — Tie vote - (a) The county clerks of the several counties shall make,...
§ 7-8-305. Publication of results — Certification of election - Within five (5) days after the votes shall have been...
§ 7-8-306. Voting by electors — Expenses - (a) The electors, elected as provided in this subchapter, shall...
§ 7-8-307. Vacancy — Appointment — Exception - In case any person duly elected an elector of President...
Chapter 9 - Initiatives, Referenda, and Constitutional Amendments
Subchapter 1 - Petition and Election Procedure
§ 7-9-101. Definitions - As used in this subchapter: (1) “Act” means an act...
§ 7-9-102. Duties of election officers — Penalty for failure to perform - (a) (1) The duties imposed by this act upon members...
§ 7-9-103. Signing of petition — Penalty for falsification — Notice of suspected forgery - (a) (1) (A) A person who is a registered voter...
§ 7-9-104. Form of initiative petition — Sufficiency of signatures - (a) The petition for an ordinance, act, or amendment proposed...
§ 7-9-105. Form of referendum petition — Sufficiency of signatures - (a) The petition and order of referendum for an ordinance...
§ 7-9-106. Required attachments to petitions - (a) To every petition for the initiative shall be attached...
§ 7-9-107. Filing of original draft before circulation - (a) Before any initiative petition or referendum petition ordering a...
§ 7-9-108. Procedure for circulation of petition - (a) Each initiative or referendum petition ordering a vote upon...
§ 7-9-109. Form of verification — Penalty for false statement - (a) Each petition containing signatures shall be verified in substantially...
§ 7-9-110. Designation of number and popular name - (a) The popular name of each state measure shall be...
§ 7-9-111. Determination of sufficiency of petition — Corrections - (a) The Secretary of State shall ascertain and declare the...
§ 7-9-112. Right of review - (a) If the Secretary of State determines that the signatures...
§ 7-9-113. Publication of notice - (a) (1) The Secretary of State shall be charged with...
§ 7-9-114. Abstract of proposed measure - (a) The Attorney General shall prepare a concise abstract of...
§ 7-9-115. Furnishing ballot title and popular name to election commissioners - Not less than eighteen (18) days before the election, the...
§ 7-9-116. Captions and designations of numbered issues - (a) The Secretary of State shall fix and declare the...
§ 7-9-117. Ballot form - (a) It shall be the duty of the county board...
§ 7-9-118. Failure to place proposal on ballot — Manner of voting - If any election board shall fail or refuse to submit...
§ 7-9-119. Counting, canvass, and return of votes — Proclamation of result — Effective date - (a) The vote on each measure shall be counted, tabulated,...
§ 7-9-120. Printing of approved measures with general laws — Certification of city ordinances - (a) The Secretary of State shall cause every measure approved...
§ 7-9-121. Contest of returns and certification - (a) The right to contest the returns and certification of...
§ 7-9-122. Adoption of conflicting measures - If two (2) or more conflicting measures shall be approved...
§ 7-9-123. Preservation of records - All petitions, notices, certificates, or other documentary evidence of procedural...
§ 7-9-124. Voter registration signature imaging system — Creation of fund - (a) There is hereby established in the office of the...
§ 7-9-125. Definition — Prohibition of profit — Penalties — Freedom of information - (a) As used in this section, “property” means both real...
§ 7-9-126. Count of signatures - (a) Upon the initial filing of an initiative petition or...
Subchapter 2 - Legislative Proposal of Constitutional Amendments
§ 7-9-201. Proposal and vote - Amendments to the Arkansas Constitution shall be proposed in either...
§ 7-9-202. Enrollment and filing - When any joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Arkansas...
§ 7-9-203. Entry on journals - The proposed amendment shall be entered on the journals of...
§ 7-9-204. Ballot titles and popular names of constitutional amendments proposed by the legislature - The General Assembly may designate in the joint resolution proposing...
§ 7-9-205. Challenges to constitutional amendments proposed by the General Assembly - If the General Assembly passes a joint resolution proposing an...
Subchapter 3 - Constitutional Conventions
§ 7-9-301. Calling constitutional convention — Majority vote - (a) When a majority of the qualified electors of this...
§ 7-9-302. Delegate qualifications — Election date - (a) At the same general election at which a vote...
§ 7-9-303. Apportionment of delegates — Vacancies - (a) The basis for representation in any constitutional convention called...
§ 7-9-304. Nominating petitions - (a) (1) Every person desiring to be elected as a...
§ 7-9-305. Election and certification of delegates - (a) The county board of election commissioners shall include on...
§ 7-9-306. Organizational meeting — Plenary meeting - (a) Whenever a majority of the electors vote affirmatively to...
§ 7-9-307. Meeting procedures - (a) A majority of the delegates shall constitute a quorum,...
§ 7-9-308. Duration of constitutional convention — Certification of draft constitution — Report - (a) The constitutional convention shall remain in session as long...
§ 7-9-309. Method of publication - (a) Publication of a proposed new constitution by a constitutional...
§ 7-9-310. Submission of proposed constitution to electors - (a) The constitutional convention may submit a new constitution as...
§ 7-9-311. Proposal of amendments to present constitution - The constitutional convention, if it shall not propose a new...
§ 7-9-312. Expenses - (a) The appropriation to defray the expenses of any constitutional...
Subchapter 4 - Disclosure for Matters Referred to Voters
§ 7-9-401. Title - This subchapter shall be known as the “Disclosure Act for...
§ 7-9-402. Definitions - As used in this subchapter: (1) “Ballot question” means a...
§ 7-9-403. Penalty - Upon conviction, any person who knowingly fails to comply with...
§ 7-9-404. Filing deadlines - (a) (1) (A) A ballot question committee or a legislative...
§ 7-9-405. Contributions and expenditures limited - (a) No ballot question committee or legislative question committee shall...
§ 7-9-406. Financial reports — Requirement - (a) A ballot question committee or legislative question committee that...
§ 7-9-407. Financial report — Information - A financial report of a ballot question committee, a legislative...
§ 7-9-408. Financial reports — Verification - The financial reports identified in § 7-9-407 shall be verified...
§ 7-9-409. Financial reports — Time to file — Late fee - (a) (1) The first financial reports shall be filed no...
§ 7-9-410. Public inspection — Record retention - (a) All statements of organization and financial reports required by...
§ 7-9-411. Enforcement - The Arkansas Ethics Commission shall have the same power and...
§ 7-9-415. Scope - Nothing in this subchapter may limit, waive, or abrogate the...
Subchapter 6 - Paid Canvassers
§ 7-9-601. Hiring and training of paid canvassers — Definition - (a) (1) A person shall not provide money or anything...
Chapter 10 - Nonpartisan Elections
§ 7-10-102. Nonpartisan election of judges, justices, and prosecuting attorneys - (a) The offices of Justice of the Supreme Court, Judge...
§ 7-10-103. Filing as a candidate - (a) A candidate for a nonpartisan office under this chapter...
Chapter 11 - Special Elections
Subchapter 1 - Elections to Fill Vacancies
§ 7-11-101. Calling elections to fill vacancies - All special elections and other elections to fill a vacancy...
§ 7-11-102. Content of calling document - The proclamation, ordinance, resolution, order, or other authorized document of...
§ 7-11-103. Filling vacancies in state, federal, or district offices - (a) The proclamation, ordinance, resolution, order, or other authorized document...
§ 7-11-104. Filling vacancies in local offices - (a) The proclamation, ordinance, resolution, order, or other authorized document...
§ 7-11-105. Special elections to be held on the second Tuesday of a month — Exceptions — Separate ballots - (a) Except as provided in this chapter, all special elections...
§ 7-11-106. Special primary elections held in conjunction with regularly scheduled primary election — Separate ballots optional - (a) When a special primary election is held on the...
§ 7-11-107. Unopposed candidates - (a) (1) If there is only one (1) candidate after...
Subchapter 2 - Special Elections on Measures and Questions
§ 7-11-201. Calling special elections on measures or questions - Except for special school elections, all special elections on measures...
§ 7-11-202. Calling special elections on state measures or questions - (a) The document under § 7-11-201 calling the special election...
§ 7-11-203. Calling special elections on local measures or questions - (a) The document under § 7-11-201 calling the special election...
§ 7-11-204. Content of calling document - The proclamation, ordinance, statute, resolution, order, or other authorized document...
§ 7-11-205. Dates of special elections on measures and questions — Exceptions — Separate ballots - (a) (1) (A) Except as provided in subdivision (a)(1)(B) of...
Subchapter 3 - Certain Procedures for Special Elections
§ 7-11-301. Law governing special elections - In cases of circumstances or procedures that may arise in...
§ 7-11-302. Special procedures for vacancies filled under Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 29 - Whenever a vacancy in office is to be filled under...
§ 7-11-303. Notice - In addition to the publication of the calling document, notice...