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Home » US Law » 2020 Arkansas Code » Title 7 - Elections » Chapter 5 - Election Procedure Generally » Subchapter 2 - Preelection Proceedings

§ 7-5-201. Voter qualification

(a) To be qualified to vote, a person shall have registered at least thirty (30) calendar days immediately prior to the election and in the manner set forth by Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 51. (b) “Voting residence” shall be a voter’s domicile and shall be governed by the following provisions: (1) The domicile of a person […]

§ 7-5-202. Public notice of elections

(a) (1) It shall be the duty of the county board of election commissioners at least twenty (20) days before each preferential primary and general election and at least ten (10) days before the holding of each general primary, general runoff, school, or special election to give public notice in a newspaper of general circulation […]

§ 7-5-203. Certification of candidate lists

(a) (1) Not less than seventy-five (75) days before each general election day, the Secretary of State shall certify to all county boards of election commissioners full lists of all candidates to be voted for in their respective counties as the nominations have been certified or otherwise properly submitted to him or her. (2) A […]

§ 7-5-204. Certification of measures and questions submitted to voters

(a) Whenever a proposed amendment to the Arkansas Constitution or other measure or question is to be submitted to a vote of the people, the Secretary of State shall not certify the amendment, measure, or question to the county board of election commissioners of each county in the state less than seventy-five (75) days before […]

§ 7-5-205. Write-in candidates’ votes — When counted

No votes for write-in candidates shall be counted or tabulated unless: (1) The candidate notifies in writing the county board of election commissioners of each county in which the candidate seeks election at least ninety (90) days prior to the election and files the notice with either: (A) The Secretary of State, if a candidate […]

§ 7-5-206. Publication requirements

The county board of election commissioners shall make publication of all nominations, of all proposed amendments to the Arkansas Constitution, and of all other measures and questions required by law to be submitted to the electors at any election by posting a list thereof at the door of the courthouse at least ten (10) days […]

§ 7-5-207. Ballots — Names included — Draw for ballot position

(a) (1) Except as provided in subdivision (a)(2) of this section, all election ballots provided by the county board of election commissioners of any county in this state for any election shall contain in the proper place the name of every candidate whose nomination for any office to be filled at that election has been […]

§ 7-5-208. Ballots — Form

(a) All election ballots provided by the county board of election commissioners of any county in this state for any election shall be alike and shall be in plain type. (b) (1) The heading of each ballot shall be: “OFFICIAL BALLOT (description) ELECTION (date) , (year) (2) If the ballot contains an initiated or referred […]

§ 7-5-209. Ballots — Correction of errors

Whenever it shall appear by affidavit that an error or omission has occurred in the publication of the names or description of candidates nominated for office or in the preparation of ballots, the county board of election commissioners shall in a public meeting announce the error or omission and immediately correct the error or omission […]

§ 7-5-211. Delivery of election supplies

(a) At least one (1) day before any election: (1) (A) The county board of election commissioners shall designate a suitable person or persons and deliver to the person or persons the ballots. (B) The person shall not be an elected official, an elected official’s deputy, or a candidate for office; and (2) For each […]