(a) (1) (A) The annual school election shall be held in each school district of the state:(i) In even-numbered years, on the date of the preferential primary election; and(ii) (a) Except as provided in subdivision (a)(1)(A)(ii)(b) of this section, in odd-numbered years, on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in March.(b) An annual school election that is scheduled to occur in a month in which the second Tuesday of the month under subdivision (a)(1)(A)(ii)(a) of this section falls on a state holiday shall be held on the third Tuesday of that month.(B) [Repealed.](2) The annual school election shall only concern issues authorized to be on the ballot by the Arkansas Constitution or by statute. Issues to be considered in the annual school election may be printed on the same ballot as the ballot of any other election lawfully held on the same date as the annual school election.
(1) (A) The annual school election shall be held in each school district of the state:(i) In even-numbered years, on the date of the preferential primary election; and(ii) (a) Except as provided in subdivision (a)(1)(A)(ii)(b) of this section, in odd-numbered years, on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in March.(b) An annual school election that is scheduled to occur in a month in which the second Tuesday of the month under subdivision (a)(1)(A)(ii)(a) of this section falls on a state holiday shall be held on the third Tuesday of that month.(B) [Repealed.]
(A) The annual school election shall be held in each school district of the state:(i) In even-numbered years, on the date of the preferential primary election; and(ii) (a) Except as provided in subdivision (a)(1)(A)(ii)(b) of this section, in odd-numbered years, on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in March.(b) An annual school election that is scheduled to occur in a month in which the second Tuesday of the month under subdivision (a)(1)(A)(ii)(a) of this section falls on a state holiday shall be held on the third Tuesday of that month.
(i) In even-numbered years, on the date of the preferential primary election; and
(ii) (a) Except as provided in subdivision (a)(1)(A)(ii)(b) of this section, in odd-numbered years, on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in March.(b) An annual school election that is scheduled to occur in a month in which the second Tuesday of the month under subdivision (a)(1)(A)(ii)(a) of this section falls on a state holiday shall be held on the third Tuesday of that month.
(a) Except as provided in subdivision (a)(1)(A)(ii)(b) of this section, in odd-numbered years, on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in March.
(b) An annual school election that is scheduled to occur in a month in which the second Tuesday of the month under subdivision (a)(1)(A)(ii)(a) of this section falls on a state holiday shall be held on the third Tuesday of that month.
(B) [Repealed.]
(2) The annual school election shall only concern issues authorized to be on the ballot by the Arkansas Constitution or by statute. Issues to be considered in the annual school election may be printed on the same ballot as the ballot of any other election lawfully held on the same date as the annual school election.
(b) The board of directors of any school district shall have the authority to hold a special school election concerning the tax rate or debt issues under § 7-11-205 provided that:(1) All constitutional and statutory requirements for the annual school election are met, notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section; and(2) The board of directors of a school district files a document calling for the special school election with the district's domiciled county clerk not less than seventy (70) days before the date of the special school election.
(1) All constitutional and statutory requirements for the annual school election are met, notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section; and
(2) The board of directors of a school district files a document calling for the special school election with the district's domiciled county clerk not less than seventy (70) days before the date of the special school election.
(c) (1) When the annual school election is not held at the same time as a preferential primary or general election, if there are no other ballot issues to be submitted to school district electors for consideration, with the exception of the local tax rate if that rate is not being changed or restructured, the board of directors of a school district, by resolution, may request the county board of election commissioners to:(A) Reduce the number of polling places;(B) Open no polling places on election day so that the election can be conducted by absentee ballot and early voting only; or(C) (i) Declare an election by candidate to be held;(ii) Open no polling places; and(iii) Allow the candidate to cast a ballot for himself or herself at a designated time and location on election day or during the period that would otherwise be designated for early voting.(2) If a county uses electronic voting machines or electronic vote tabulating devices, and is holding an election under subdivision (c)(1) of this section, the county board of election commissioners may use:(A) The electronic voting machines or electronic vote tabulating devices; or(B) Paper ballots counted by hand and provide no voting machines to be used in the election, notwithstanding any other provision in the Arkansas Code.
(1) When the annual school election is not held at the same time as a preferential primary or general election, if there are no other ballot issues to be submitted to school district electors for consideration, with the exception of the local tax rate if that rate is not being changed or restructured, the board of directors of a school district, by resolution, may request the county board of election commissioners to:(A) Reduce the number of polling places;(B) Open no polling places on election day so that the election can be conducted by absentee ballot and early voting only; or(C) (i) Declare an election by candidate to be held;(ii) Open no polling places; and(iii) Allow the candidate to cast a ballot for himself or herself at a designated time and location on election day or during the period that would otherwise be designated for early voting.
(A) Reduce the number of polling places;
(B) Open no polling places on election day so that the election can be conducted by absentee ballot and early voting only; or
(C) (i) Declare an election by candidate to be held;(ii) Open no polling places; and(iii) Allow the candidate to cast a ballot for himself or herself at a designated time and location on election day or during the period that would otherwise be designated for early voting.
(i) Declare an election by candidate to be held;
(ii) Open no polling places; and
(iii) Allow the candidate to cast a ballot for himself or herself at a designated time and location on election day or during the period that would otherwise be designated for early voting.
(2) If a county uses electronic voting machines or electronic vote tabulating devices, and is holding an election under subdivision (c)(1) of this section, the county board of election commissioners may use:(A) The electronic voting machines or electronic vote tabulating devices; or(B) Paper ballots counted by hand and provide no voting machines to be used in the election, notwithstanding any other provision in the Arkansas Code.
(A) The electronic voting machines or electronic vote tabulating devices; or
(B) Paper ballots counted by hand and provide no voting machines to be used in the election, notwithstanding any other provision in the Arkansas Code.
(d) The election of a school district board of directors not elected entirely during the same election shall be held in each public school district of this state on the date of the preferential primary election.