§ 7-9-102. Duties of election officers — Penalty for failure to perform
(a) (1) The duties imposed by this act upon members of the State Board of Election Commissioners and county boards of election commissioners, election officials, and all other officers expressly named in this act are declared to be mandatory. (2) These duties shall be performed in good faith within the time and in the manner […]
§ 7-9-103. Signing of petition — Penalty for falsification — Notice of suspected forgery
(a) (1) (A) A person who is a registered voter of this state may sign his or her own name and print his or her own name, address, birth date, and the date of signing on an initiative or referendum petition in his or her own proper handwriting, and not otherwise, to order an initiative […]
§ 7-8-101. Primaries — General law governs
All primaries, preferential and general, for the selection of nominees for federal offices, including those of the United States Senators and United States Representatives, shall be held on the same date and in the same manner as the preferential and general primaries for state, district, county, and township offices and shall be governed by the […]
§ 7-9-104. Form of initiative petition — Sufficiency of signatures
(a) The petition for an ordinance, act, or amendment proposed by initiative shall be on substantially the following form: (b) No additional sheets of voter signatures shall be attached to any petition unless the sheets contain the full language of the petition. (c) (1) The signature section of the petition shall be formatted and shall […]
§ 7-8-102. Filling Senate vacancies
(a) Vacancies in the office of United States Senator shall be filled by appointment by the Governor. (b) (1) The appointee under subsection (a) of this section shall serve during the entire unexpired Senate term if the office would in regular course be filled at the next general election if no vacancy had occurred. (2) […]
§ 7-9-105. Form of referendum petition — Sufficiency of signatures
(a) The petition and order of referendum for an ordinance or act shall be on substantially the following form: (b) The information provided by the person on the petition may be used as evidence of the validity or invalidity of the signature. However, if a signature of a registered voter on the petition is sufficient […]
§ 7-8-103. Credentials of Senate appointee
When the Governor shall make a temporary appointment of a United States Senator by authority of this subchapter, he or she shall deliver to the senator a credential in the following form: “ who was chosen United States Senator of the State of Arkansas, in pursuance of the Constitution of the United States of America, […]
§ 7-9-106. Required attachments to petitions
(a) To every petition for the initiative shall be attached a full and correct copy of the title and the measure proposed. (b) To every petition for the referendum shall be attached a full and correct copy of the measure on which the referendum is ordered.
§ 7-8-104. Filling vacancies in the House of Representatives
When any vacancy shall happen in the office of a member of the United States House of Representatives from this state by death, resignation, removal, or otherwise, it shall be the duty of the Governor, by proclamation, to order the sheriffs of the several counties to order an election to be held on a certain […]
§ 7-9-107. Filing of original draft before circulation
(a) Before any initiative petition or referendum petition ordering a vote upon any amendment or act shall be circulated for obtaining signatures of petitioners, the sponsors shall file the original draft with the Secretary of State. (b) The original draft shall include: (1) The full text of the proposed measure; (2) A ballot title for […]