§ 3-8-810. Preservation of records
(a) All petitions, notices, certificates, or other documentary evidence of procedural steps taken under this subchapter shall be filed and preserved. (b) Petitions with signatures shall be retained for two (2) years after submission to the county clerk.
§ 3-8-811. Count of signatures
(a) Upon the initial filing of a petition under this subchapter, the official charged with verifying the signatures shall: (1) Perform an initial count of the signatures; and (2) Determine whether the petition contains, on its face and before verification of the signatures of registered voters, the designated number of signatures required by the Arkansas […]
§ 3-8-801. Definitions
As used in this subchapter: (1) “Canvasser” means a person who circulates a local option election petition or a part or parts of a local option election petition to obtain the signatures of petitioners thereto; (2) “Intoxicating liquor” means any beverage containing more than one-half of one percent (0.5%) of alcohol by weight; (3) “Paid […]
§ 3-8-802. Hiring and training of paid canvassers
(a) (1) A person shall not provide money or anything of value to another person for obtaining signatures on a local option election petition unless the person receiving the money or item of value meets the requirements of this section. (2) Before a signature is solicited by a paid canvasser, the sponsor shall: (A) Explain […]
§ 3-8-803. Petition to determine granting of licenses for manufacture or sale or bartering, loaning, or giving away of intoxicating liquor
(a) An election to determine whether licenses will be granted for the manufacture or sale or the bartering, loaning, or giving away of intoxicating liquor shall be called by a petition signed by registered voters in the designated county, township, municipality, ward, or precinct in a number equal to thirty-eight percent (38%) of the registered […]
§ 3-8-804. Duties of election officers — Penalty for failure to perform
(a) The duties imposed by this subchapter upon members of the State Board of Election Commissioners, members of the county boards of election commissioners, election officials, and other officers expressly named in this subchapter shall be performed: (1) In good faith; (2) Within the time provided by this subchapter; and (3) In the manner provided […]
§ 3-8-805. Signing of petition — Penalty for falsification — Notice of suspected forgery
(a) (1) A person signing a petition under this subchapter shall: (A) Be a registered voter; and (B) Sign his or her own name and print his or her own name, address, birthdate, and the date of signing on a petition in his or her own handwriting. (2) If a person signing a petition under […]
§ 3-8-806. Form of initiative petition — Sufficiency of signatures
(a) The petition for an ordinance, act, or amendment proposed by initiative shall be on substantially the following form: (b) The information on the petition provided by the person may be used as evidence of the validity or invalidity of the signature. However, if a signature of a registered voter on the petition is sufficient […]
§ 3-8-807. Procedure for circulation of petition
(a) (1) Each petition under this subchapter for an election to be held in a district that includes more than one (1) county shall be prepared and circulated in a petition part, and each petition part shall be an exact copy of all other such petition parts upon which signatures of petitioners are to be […]
§ 3-8-808. Form of verification — Penalty for false statement
(a) Each petition containing signatures shall be verified in substantially the following form by the canvasser’s affidavit thereon as a part thereof: (b) (1) If the form under this section is substantially followed in a petition, it is sufficient. (2) The form shall not be held insufficient for clerical and merely technical errors. (c) (1) […]