Arkansas Administrative Code

7 CAR § 80-102. Definitions. As used in this part: (1) “Candidate” means any individual who has knowingly and willingly taken affirmative action, including solicitation of funds, for the purpose of seeking nomination for or election to any public office; (2) “County board of elec…

7 CAR § 80-103. Qualifications of a member of the county board of election commissioners. (a) The qualifications of a member of the county board of election commissioners as determined by the General Assembly are as follows: (1) Must be a qualified elector of this state; (2) Must…

7 CAR § 80-104. Required training. (a) Each member of the county boards of election commissioners shall attend: (1) Either a comprehensive training program conducted by the State Board of Election Commissioners before the regularly scheduled preferential primary election; or (2) …

7 CAR § 80-105. Examination and certification of election commissioners. (a) Having attended the instructional portion of the training program, the election commissioner shall take an examination of essential skills developed and administered by the State Board of Election Commis…

7 CAR § 80-106. Compensation. (a) Upon completion of training by the State Board of Election Commissioners, each county election commissioner attending the training is eligible to receive mileage reimbursement at the rate established for state employees by state travel rules. (b)…

7 CAR § 80-107. Noncompliance. The State Board of Election Commissioners may withhold funding for county election commissioner training attendance from any county that fails to comply with the rules and guidelines developed by the board for the administration of election commissi…

7 CAR § 80-108. Training materials. The State Board of Election Commissioners will provide training materials to each county election commissioner attending training.

7 CAR § 81-101. Scope. (a) This part will set forth the methods for coordinating training on early voting and election-day procedures for poll workers and county clerks in the seventy-five (75) counties in the state. (b) This part is in addition to, and not a substitute for, the …

7 CAR § 81-102. Definitions. As used in this part: (1) “Advanced poll worker training” means the curriculum developed and approved by the State Board of Election Commissioners that poll judges and poll sheriffs are required to complete; (2) “Basic poll worker training” means the …

7 CAR § 81-103. Qualifications of election officials designated as poll workers. The qualifications determined by the General Assembly of an election official designated by the county board of election commissioners to serve as a poll worker are as follows: (1) Must be a qualifie…

7 CAR § 81-104. Required training for certified poll worker trainers. (a) Each county board of election commissioners shall: (1)(A) Designate at least two (2) qualified electors of the county to attend training conducted by the State Board of Election Commissioners before the reg…

7 CAR § 81-105. Certification and compensation of poll worker trainers. (a) Upon successful completion of training conducted by the State Board of Election Commissioners: (1) Certification, valid for a period of two (2) years, shall be issued by the board to each designated train…

7 CAR § 81-106. Examination of poll worker trainers. (a) In order to complete this training program, the person designated as a poll worker trainer shall complete an examination of essential skills developed and administered by the State Board of Election Commissioners. (b) A per…

7 CAR § 81-107. Examination of poll workers. (a)(1) Each poll worker trained pursuant to this part shall complete an examination of essential skills: (A) Developed by the State Board of Election Commissioners; and (B) Administered by a certified poll worker trainer for the county…

7 CAR § 81-108. Compensation for poll worker training attendance. (a) A certified poll worker who attends the basic poll worker training curriculum administered by a State Board of Election Commissioners-certified poll worker trainer and who works the preferential primary electio…

7 CAR § 81-109. Required training for county clerks. (a)(1) A county clerk or his or her designee shall attend training for poll worker trainers conducted by the State Board of Election Commissioners before the regularly scheduled preferential primary election. (2) Each county cl…

7 CAR § 81-110. Required training for poll workers in clerk-administered early voting. (a) The county clerk shall ensure poll workers selected by the county clerk to conduct early voting have been trained by a person authorized to conduct poll worker training pursuant to this par…

7 CAR § 81-111. Noncompliance. The State Board of Election Commissioners may withhold funding for poll worker and county clerk training attendance from any county that fails to comply with the rules and guidelines developed by the board for the administration of poll worker train…

7 CAR § 81-112. Training materials. (a) The State Board of Election Commissioners will provide training materials for local poll worker training to each of the seventy-five (75) counties. (b)(1) Poll worker training shall be conducted only by board-certified trainers. (2) Trainer…

7 CAR § 82-101. Scope. (a) This part will set forth the procedures for training the county election coordinators in the seventy-five (75) counties in the state. (b) This part is in addition to, and not a substitute for, the laws of the State of Arkansas.

7 CAR § 82-102. Definitions. As used in this part: (1) “Candidate” means any individual who has knowingly and willingly taken affirmative action, including solicitation of funds, for the purpose of seeking nomination for or election to any public office; (2) “County board of elec…

7 CAR § 82-103. Eligibility of an election coordinator. (a) An election coordinator is defined by state law as an election official. (b) The General Assembly has defined the minimum standards for eligibility to serve as an election official as follows: (1) Must be a qualified ele…

7 CAR § 82-104. Appointment of the county’s election coordinator. (a) The county board of election commissioners shall appoint one (1) person meeting the requirements of 7 CAR § 82-103 to serve as the county’s election coordinator. (b) The county board of election commissioners s…

7 CAR § 82-105. Required training. (a) The person appointed as an election coordinator for each county shall attend the instructional portion of the training program conducted by the State Board of Election Commissioners before the regularly scheduled preferential primary electio…

7 CAR § 82-106. Examination and certification of election coordinators. (a) Having attended the instructional portion of the training program, the election coordinator shall take an examination of essential skills developed and administered by the State Board of Election Commissi…

7 CAR § 82-107. Compensation. (a) Upon completion of the instructional component of the training conducted by the State Board of Election Commissioners, the one (1) person appointed to attend election coordinator training is eligible to receive a reimbursement for mileage at the …

7 CAR § 82-108. Noncompliance. The State Board of Election Commissioners may withhold funding for county coordinator training attendance from any county that fails to comply with the rules and guidelines developed by the board for the administration of election commissioner train…

7 CAR § 82-109. Training materials. The State Board of Election Commissioners will provide training materials to each county election commissioner attending training.

7 CAR § 90-101. Scope. (a) This part will set forth the procedures for processing and administering the requirement that voters verify their voter registration before they are permitted to vote. (b) This part is in addition to, and not a substitute for, the: (1) Laws of the State…

7 CAR § 90-102. Definitions. As used in this part: (1)(A) “Additional identification requirement” means documentary identification, separate from that which is required to verify voter registration, that certain first-time voters who register by mail must show to cast a regular b…

7 CAR § 90-103. Verification of voter registration required when voting at the polls. (a) All voters, except those who reside in a long-term care or residential care facility, must verify their voter registration in order to cast a regular ballot at the polls during early voting …

7 CAR § 90-104. Verification of voter registration by election officials. (a)(1) The photo identification shall be used to verify the name and appearance of the voter. (2) The precinct voter registration list shall be used to verify the address of the voter by comparing the voter…

7 CAR § 90-105. Additional identification requirement for certain first-time voters. (a) Certain first-time voters who register by mail and who, when registering to vote, do not provide the required identification documentation, will be flagged on the precinct voter registration …

7 CAR § 90-106. Failure to verify voter registration or present other required documentation at the polls. (a) A person voting at the polls during early voting or on election day who did not verify their voter registration or, if a resident of a long-term care or residential care…

7 CAR § 90-107. Identification required when voting absentee. (a)(1) The absentee voter must submit verification of their voter registration when they return their absentee ballot to the county clerk’s office. (2) A photocopy of any document that qualifies as photo identification…

7 CAR § 90-108. Curing provisional ballots created by the failure to verify the voter’s registration. (a) Voters at the polls. (1) A provisional ballot cast because a voter failed to verify their voter registration when voting at the polls during early voting or on election day s…

7 CAR § 90-109. Assessment of validity of photo identification submitted postelection. (a) When verifying the voter registration of a voter who cast a provisional ballot at the poll or whose absentee ballot was deemed provisional based on the voter’s failure to verify his or her …

7 CAR § 90-110. County clerk to provide verification of voter registration to county board of election commissioners. If a voter verifies his or her voter registration to the county clerk after the election, the county clerk who conducts the verification shall provide the copy of…

7 CAR § 90-111. Assistor ID. (a) An assistor named by a voter who is to assist the voter shall: (1) Present photo identification; (2) Present any other photo identification, other than as defined in this part; or (3) Inform the election official that the assistor does not possess…

7 CAR § 91-101. Scope. (a) This part sets forth the procedures for: (1) Poll watchers; (2) Challenging votes; and (3) Issuing, processing, and counting provisional ballots. (b) This part is in addition to, and not a substitute for, the laws of the State of Arkansas.…

7 CAR § 91-102. Definitions. As used in this part: (1) “Absentee ballot processing site” means a place designated by the county board of election commissioners where election clerks for absentee ballots meet on election day or during the one-week period before election day for th…

7 CAR § 91-103. Failure to verify voter registration or provide voter identification. (a) Early voting and election day voting. (1) A person voting at the poll during early voting or on election day who did not verify his or her voter registration or, if a resident of a long-term…

7 CAR § 91-104. Precinct voter registration list. (a) Voter’s name missing. When a voter provides his or her name, address, and date of birth to a poll worker, and the voter’s name is not on the precinct voter registration list, the poll worker must: (1) Contact the county clerk’…

7 CAR § 91-105. Poll watchers. (a) Official recognition/credentials. (1) Prior to acting as a poll watcher, a prospective poll watcher must complete the poll watcher training offered on the State Board of Election Commissioners’ website. (2)(A) Poll watchers representing a candid…

7 CAR § 91-106. Court-ordered extension. (a) A person who votes in an election because of a federal or state court order or any other order extending the time established for closing the polls may vote in the election only by casting a provisional ballot. (b) The provisional ball…

7 CAR § 91-107. Voting a provisional ballot. (a) Provisional ballots cast at the polls during early voting or on election day for reasons other than the failure to verify voter registration shall be handled as follows: (1) If as a result of a poll watcher challenge: (A) The poll …

7 CAR § 91-108. Notice to provisional voters. (a) Whenever a person casts a provisional ballot at the polls during early voting or on election day, the poll worker must provide the voter a copy of a notice that includes the following information: (1) That the provisional voter wi…