§ 7-9-115. Furnishing ballot title and popular name to election commissioners
Not less than eighteen (18) days before the election, the Secretary of State shall furnish the State Board of Election Commissioners and county boards of election commissioners a certified copy of the ballot title and popular name for each proposed measure and each referred act to be voted upon at the ensuing election.
§ 7-9-116. Captions and designations of numbered issues
(a) The Secretary of State shall fix and declare the number of the issue by which state measures shall be designated on the ballot. (b) Each state measure shall be identified with the issue number designated by the Secretary of State. (c) Measures proposed by initiative petition shall be captioned, “CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT (OR ACT) PROPOSED […]
§ 7-9-117. Ballot form
(a) It shall be the duty of the county board of election commissioners in each county to cause each title and popular name to be printed upon the official ballot to be used in the election at which the measure is to be voted upon, in the manner certified by the Secretary of State. (b) […]
§ 7-9-118. Failure to place proposal on ballot — Manner of voting
If any election board shall fail or refuse to submit any proposal after its sufficiency has been duly certified, the qualified electors of the county may vote for or against the measure by writing or stamping on their ballot the proposed ballot title, followed by the word “FOR” or “AGAINST”. All votes so cast, if […]
§ 7-9-119. Counting, canvass, and return of votes — Proclamation of result — Effective date
(a) The vote on each measure shall be counted, tabulated, and returned by the proper precinct election officials to the county board of election commissioners in each county at the time and in the manner the vote for candidates for state and county officers is tabulated, canvassed, and returned. (b) An abstract of all votes […]
§ 7-9-120. Printing of approved measures with general laws — Certification of city ordinances
(a) The Secretary of State shall cause every measure approved by the people to be printed with the general laws enacted by the next ensuing session of the General Assembly with the date of the Governor’s proclamation declaring the same to have been approved by the people. (b) However, city ordinances approved by the people […]
§ 7-9-121. Contest of returns and certification
(a) The right to contest the returns and certification of the votes cast upon any measure is expressly conferred upon any twenty-five (25) qualified electors of the state. (b) Any contest may be brought in the Pulaski County Circuit Court and shall be conducted under any rules and regulations as may be made and promulgated […]
§ 7-9-122. Adoption of conflicting measures
If two (2) or more conflicting measures shall be approved by a majority of the votes severally cast for and against the measures at the same election, the measure receiving the greatest number of affirmative votes shall become law.
§ 7-9-123. Preservation of records
All petitions, notices, certificates, or other documentary evidence of procedural steps taken in submitting any measure shall be filed and preserved. Petitions with signatures shall be retained for two (2) years and thereafter destroyed. The measure and the certificates relating thereto shall be recorded in a permanent record and duly attested by the Secretary of […]
§ 7-9-108. Procedure for circulation of petition
(a) Each initiative or referendum petition ordering a vote upon a measure having general application throughout the state shall be prepared and circulated in fifteen (15) or more parts or counterparts, and each shall be an exact copy or counterpart of all other such parts upon which signatures of petitioners are to be solicited. When […]