§ 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 […]
§ 7-10-102. Nonpartisan election of judges, justices, and prosecuting attorneys
(a) The offices of Justice of the Supreme Court, Judge of the Court of Appeals, circuit judge, district judge, and prosecuting attorney are nonpartisan offices. (b) (1) The general elections for nonpartisan offices shall be held on the same date and at the same times and places as provided by law for preferential primary elections. […]
§ 7-10-103. Filing as a candidate
(a) A candidate for a nonpartisan office under this chapter shall: (1) Pay a filing fee; (2) File a petition; or (3) File as a write-in candidate. (b) (1) The State Board of Election Commissioners shall establish reasonable filing fees for nonpartisan offices. (2) (A) A candidate for the office of Justice of the Supreme […]
§ 7-11-101. Calling elections to fill vacancies
All special elections and other elections to fill a vacancy in an office shall be called by proclamation, ordinance, resolution, order, or other authorized document of the appropriate constituted authority.
§ 7-11-102. Content of calling document
The proclamation, ordinance, resolution, order, or other authorized document of the appropriate constituted authority calling a special election or other election to fill a vacancy in an office shall set forth: (1) The date of the election; (2) The date of the special primary election, if any; (3) The date of the special primary runoff […]
§ 7-11-103. Filling vacancies in state, federal, or district offices
(a) The proclamation, ordinance, resolution, order, or other authorized document of the appropriate constituted authority calling a special election to fill a state, federal, or district office shall be filed with the Secretary of State, who shall immediately transmit the document to the county board of election commissioners of each county where the special election […]
§ 7-9-204. Ballot titles and popular names of constitutional amendments proposed by the legislature
The General Assembly may designate in the joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Arkansas Constitution the popular name and ballot title of the amendment for the election ballot.
§ 7-9-403. Penalty
Upon conviction, any person who knowingly fails to comply with any of the provisions of this subchapter shall be fined an amount not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) or be imprisoned for not more than one (1) year, or both.
§ 7-9-205. Challenges to constitutional amendments proposed by the General Assembly
If the General Assembly passes a joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Arkansas Constitution, a qualified elector may file an action in a court of competent jurisdiction at any time after the passage of the joint resolution challenging the sufficiency of the joint resolution, including without limitation the: (1) Text of the proposed amendment; […]
§ 7-9-404. Filing deadlines
(a) (1) (A) A ballot question committee or a legislative question committee shall file a statement of organization with the Arkansas Ethics Commission within five (5) days of receiving contributions or making expenditures in excess of five hundred dollars ($500) for the purpose of expressly advocating the qualification, disqualification, passage, or defeat of a ballot […]