Article III — Franchise And Elections
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Ark. Const. art. III, § 1 Section 1
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Every male citizen of the United States, or male person who has declared his intention of becoming a citizen of the same, of the age of twenty-one years, who has resided in the State twelve months, and in the county six months, and in the voting precinct or ward one month, next p…
Ark. Const. art. III, § 2 Section 2
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Elections shall be free and equal. No power, civil or military, shall ever interfere to prevent the free exercise of the right of suffrage; nor shall any law be enacted whereby the right to vote at any election shall be made to depend upon any previous registration of the elector…
Ark. Const. art. III, § 3 Section 3
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All elections by the people shall be by ballot. Every ballot shall be numbered in the order in which it shall be received, and the number recorded by the election officers on the list of voters opposite the name of the elector who presents the ballot. The election officer shall b…
Ark. Const. art. III, § 4 Section 4
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Electors shall, in all cases (except treason, felony and breach of the peace), be privileged from arrest during their attendance at elections and going to and from the same.
Ark. Const. art. III, § 5 Section 5
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No idiot or insane person shall be entitled to the privileges of an elector.
Ark. Const. art. III, § 6 Section 6
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Any person who shall be convicted of fraud, bribery or other wilful and corrupt violation of any election law of this State shall be adjudged guilty of a felony, and disqualified from holding any office of trust or profit in this State.
Ark. Const. art. III, § 7 Section 7
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No soldier, sailor or marine in the military or naval service of the United States shall acquire a residence by reason of being stationed on duty in this State.
Ark. Const. art. III, § 8 Section 8
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The general elections shall be held biennially, on the first Monday of September; but the General Assembly may by law fix a different time. See. 9. In trials of contested elections and in proceedings for the investigation of elections no person shall be permitted to withhold his …
Ark. Const. art. III, § 10 Section 10
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No person shall be qualified to serve as an election officer who shall hold at the time of the election any office, appointment or employment in or under the government of the United States or of this State, or in any city or county, or any municipal board, commission or trust in…
Ark. Const. art. III, § 11 Section 11
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If the officers of any election shall unlawfully refuse or fail to receive, count or return the vote or ballot of any qualified elector, such vote or ballot shall nevertheless be counted upon the trial of any contest arising out of said election.
Ark. Const. art. III, § 12 Section 12
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All elections by persons acting in a representative capacity shall be viva voce.