§ 7-9-409. Financial reports — Time to file — Late fee
(a) (1) The first financial reports shall be filed no later than fifteen (15) days following the month in which the five-hundred-dollar threshold of § 7-9-406 is met and thereafter no later than fifteen (15) days after the end of each month until the election is held. Provided, however, for any month in which certain […]
§ 7-9-410. Public inspection — Record retention
(a) All statements of organization and financial reports required by this subchapter shall be open to public inspection at the office of the Arkansas Ethics Commission during regular office hours. (b) All records supporting the reports filed under this subchapter shall be: (1) Made available to the commission; and (2) Retained by the filer for […]
§ 7-9-411. Enforcement
The Arkansas Ethics Commission shall have the same power and authority to enforce the provisions of this subchapter as is provided the commission under §§ 7-6-217 and 7-6-218 for the enforcement of campaign finance laws.
§ 7-9-415. Scope
Nothing in this subchapter may limit, waive, or abrogate the scope of any statutory or common law privilege, including, but not limited to, the work product doctrine and the attorney-client privilege.
§ 7-9-601. Hiring and training of paid canvassers — Definition
(a) (1) A person shall not provide money or anything of value to another person for obtaining signatures on a statewide initiative petition or statewide referendum 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 […]
§ 7-9-405. Contributions and expenditures limited
(a) No ballot question committee or legislative question committee shall accept any contribution in cash, meaning currency or coin, that exceeds one hundred dollars ($100). (b) No ballot question committee or legislative question committee shall accept any contribution from a prohibited political action committee as defined in § 7-6-201. (c) No ballot question committee, legislative […]
§ 7-9-406. Financial reports — Requirement
(a) A ballot question committee or legislative question committee that either receives contributions or makes expenditures in excess of five hundred dollars ($500) for the purpose of expressly advocating the qualification, disqualification, passage, or defeat of a ballot question or the passage or defeat of a legislative question shall file with the Arkansas Ethics Commission […]
§ 7-9-407. Financial report — Information
A financial report of a ballot question committee, a legislative question committee, an individual person, or an elected official, as required by § 7-9-406, shall contain the following information: (1) The name, address, and telephone number of the committee, individual person, or elected official filing the report; (2) (A) For a ballot question committee as […]
§ 7-9-408. Financial reports — Verification
The financial reports identified in § 7-9-407 shall be verified by affidavit by the person filing them to the effect that to the best of his or her knowledge and belief the information disclosed is a complete, true, and accurate financial statement of contributions or expenditures.
§ 7-9-305. Election and certification of delegates
(a) The county board of election commissioners shall include on the general election ballots the names of all candidates for delegate to the constitutional convention as certified by the Secretary of State. (b) (1) The candidate receiving a majority of the votes for a particular position in the general election shall be declared elected as […]