Title 6 — Elections
13 chapters · 116 sections in this title.
A.S.C.A. § 6.0701 Hours polls are open
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The polls shall be opened by the district officials at 6 a.m. of the election day and shall be kept open continuously until 6 p.m. of that day. If, at the closing hour of voting, any qualified elector desiring to vote is standing in line outside the entrance of the polls with the…
A.S.C.A. § 6.0702 Admission within polling place
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No person, other than the district officials, the candidates or 1 representative appointed in writing by each candidate, and such qualified electors as are for the time being actually engaged in voting or going to and returning therefrom, may be permitted within the poll-ing plac…
A.S.C.A. § 6.0703 Voting booths—Placement of ballot boxes
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(a) The district officials shall provide sufficient booths within the polling place at or in which the qualified electors may conveniently cast their ballots. The booths shall be so arranged that in casting the ballots the qualified electors are screened from the observation of o…
A.S.C.A. § 6.0704 Ballot boxes
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The Chief Election Officer shall provide suitable ballot boxes for each polling place. The boxes shall be of material selected by the Chief Election Officer. They shall be smooth inside and out and shall have a hinged lid fastened securely by a good lock or locks. In the center o…
A.S.C.A. § 6.0705 Procedure upon opening polls
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(a) At the opening of the polls for election, the district officials shall, in the presence of bystanders, publicly open the ballot boxes and expose them to all persons present, that it may be seen that they are empty. They shall then be closed and locked and on no account opened…
A.S.C.A. § 6.0706 Signature required—Identification
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(a) Every person upon applying to vote shall sign his name in the poll book prepared for that purpose. This requirement may be waived by any district official if for reasons of illiteracy or blindness or other physical disability the qualified elector is unable to write. Every pe…
A.S.C.A. § 6.0707 Prohibited acts-Removal or exhibition of ballot
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(a) No person shall look at or ask to see the contents of the ballot of any qualified elector, except as provided in section 6.0709, nor shall any person within the polling place attempt to influence a qualified elector in regard to whom or what he shall vote for. When a qualifie…
A.S.C.A. § 6.0708 Time allowed
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A qualified elector shall be allowed to remain in the voting booth for 5 minutes, and having voted the qualified elector shall at once emerge and leave the voting booth. If he refuses to leave when so requested by a majority of district officials after the lapse of 5 minutes, he …
A.S.C.A. § 6.0709 Assistance of illiterate or disabled
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(a) Any qualified elector who, by reason of illiteracy or blindness or other physical disability, is unable to mark his ballot, shall, if he so requests, receive the assistance of 2 district officials or of any qualified elector whom he may designate, in the marking thereof. Befo…
A.S.C.A. § 6.0710 Replacement of spoiled ballot
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In districts using paper ballots or cards, if a qualified elector spoils a ballot or ballot card, he may obtain another upon returning the spoiled one. The ballot returned shall be canceled immediately, and the reasons for the cancellation endorsed thereon and signed by the distr…