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Subchapter 1 - General Provisions
§ 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...