§ 7-9-111. Determination of sufficiency of petition — Corrections
(a) The Secretary of State shall ascertain and declare the sufficiency or insufficiency of the signatures submitted on each statewide initiative petition and each statewide referendum petition within thirty (30) days after it is filed. (b) The Secretary of State may contract with the various county clerks for their assistance in verifying the signatures on […]
§ 7-9-201. Proposal and vote
Amendments to the Arkansas Constitution shall be proposed in either branch of the General Assembly in the form of a joint resolution, which shall be read in full on three (3) several days in each house unless the rules be suspended by two-thirds (2/3) of each house, when it may be read a second or […]
§ 7-9-112. Right of review
(a) If the Secretary of State determines that the signatures submitted on a statewide initiative petition or statewide referendum petition are insufficient or the State Board of Election Commissioners does not certify the ballot title or popular name of a proposed measure resulting in the Secretary of State’s finding the proposed measure insufficient, the following […]
§ 7-9-113. Publication of notice
(a) (1) The Secretary of State shall be charged with the duty of letting contracts for publishing notices as authorized in this section. (2) (A) For measures proposed by petition, the petition sponsor shall reimburse the cost of publication to the Secretary of State within thirty (30) calendar days of notification of the final costs […]
§ 7-9-114. Abstract of proposed measure
(a) The Attorney General shall prepare a concise abstract of the contents of each statewide initiative and referendum measure proposed under Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 7, and he or she shall transmit it to the Secretary of State not less than twenty (20) days before the election. (b) Not less than eighteen (18) days before the […]
§ 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 […]