Title 7 — Elections

(a) The State Board of Election Commissioners shall be composed of the following seven (7) persons, with at least one (1) from each congressional district:(1) The Secretary of State;(2) One (1) person designated by the chair of the state Democratic Party;(3) One (1) person design…

(a) (1) (A) In January of each odd-numbered year following the election of county committee officers, members of the county board of election commissioners shall be elected by their respective county committees.(B) A chair or secretary of a county political party shall not serve …

In the event of a vacancy or disqualification on the part of any state or county chair for either the majority party or a minority party, the state vice chair or county vice chair of the party in which the vacancy occurs shall act as county chair or state chair, as the case may b…

(a) The county board of election commissioners shall hold office until their successors are appointed and qualified. The commissioners shall meet no later than February 28 of odd-numbered years and shall organize themselves into a county board of election commissioners by electin…

(a) The county board of election commissioners, as created by this subchapter, may call upon the prosecuting attorney or his or her deputy for legal opinions, advice, or assistance in defending, commencing, or appealing civil actions at law and equity. (b) The county or prosecuti…

(a) The county board of election commissioners shall:(1) Ensure compliance with all legal requirements relating to the conduct of elections;(2) Exercise its duties consistent with the training and materials provided by the State Board of Election Commissioners;(3) Allocate a suff…

(a) If any election official is absent at the time fixed for the opening of the polls, the election judge shall immediately notify the county board of election commissioners of the vacancy. (b) If the county board of election commissioners does not timely appoint a new election o…

(a) (1) A member of the State Board of Election Commissioners, a county election commissioner, and an election official shall be a qualified elector of this state, able to read and write the English language, and shall not have been found guilty or pleaded guilty or nolo contende…

(a) The election officials, before entering on their duties, shall take, before some person authorized by law to administer oaths, the following oath:“I, , do swear that I will perform the duties of an election official of this election according to law and to the best of my abil…

(a) The State Board of Election Commissioners may receive expense reimbursement and stipends in accordance with § 25-16-901 et seq. (b) (1) Each member of a county board of election commissioners shall receive for his or her services the sum of not less than one hundred twenty-fi…

(a) Except as provided under subsection (c) of this section, an election official shall receive a minimum of the prevailing federal minimum wage for holding an election, or such greater amount as may be appropriated. (b) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section and in…

The county board of election commissioners of each county shall maintain a record of all funds the county board of election commissioners receives and all expenditures of the county board of election commissioners. These records shall be open to the public under the provisions of…

Any member of a county board of election commissioners may be appointed to fill a vacancy in an elected office without vacating his or her seat on the county board of election commissioners. The member shall not be eligible for reelection to the office when the term expires.

Due to the United States Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling in Jones v. Conway County, Arkansas, 143 F.3d 417 (8th Cir. 1998), the status of county election commissioners as either county officials or state officials has become unclear. Because of this lack of clarity, there …

(a) (1) The county board of election commissioners may conduct a special election day program for high school students in one (1) or more polling places designated by the county board of election commissioners.(2) The high school students shall be selected by the county board of …

(a) (1) The county board of election commissioners may conduct an election day program for college students in one (1) or more polling places designated by the county board of election commissioners.(2) (A) The college students shall be selected by the county board of election co…

A.C.A. § 7-4-118Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved

(a) A member of a county board of election commissioners shall report to the Secretary of State by January 31 of each calendar year any goods or services sold during the previous calendar year by himself or herself, his or her spouse, or any business in which the member or his or…

(a) (1) Except as provided in subdivision (a)(2) of this section, the State Board of Election Commissioners may investigate alleged violations, render findings, institute corrective actions, and impose sanctions according to this subchapter for violations of election and voter re…

(a) (1) The State Board of Election Commissioners shall audit the results of each preferential primary election and general election to ensure the integrity and accuracy of the voting process.(2) When conducting a post-election audit of the election results, the State Board of El…

(a) A county employee detailed as an election official shall comply with directives of the county board of election commissioners in matters related to an election. (b) A county board of election commissioners may assign to other election officials the supervision of election off…

(a) Funds appropriated for election expenses may be used to cover the expenses of the State Board of Election Commissioners and any county board of election commissioners to conduct:(1) Preferential primary elections;(2) General primary elections;(3) Special primary elections;(4)…

(a) (1) The State Board of Election Commissioners may conduct an election integrity review of election-related documents and records following each election cycle in the odd-numbered years following an election.(2) The counties to be selected to participate in the election integr…

This subchapter shall be known and cited as the “Election Integrity Unit Act of 2023”.

(a) There is created within the Attorney General's office the Election Integrity Unit. (b) The purpose of the Election Integrity Unit is to aid the Secretary of State and the State Board of Election Commissioners in the completion of their duties related to the investigation of e…

(1) As used in this subchapter:(1) “Election laws” means the United States Constitution, the Arkansas Constitution, and the statutes, final court decisions of general applicability, and rules of the United States and the State of Arkansas concerning elections conducted by county …

(a) The Election Integrity Unit shall establish the Arkansas Election Integrity Database that shall be maintained by the Election Integrity Unit, with secure access provided to the Secretary of State and the State Board of Election Commissioners. (b) The Election Integrity Unit s…

(a) (1) The Attorney General shall establish and publish procedures to receive complaints concerning violations of election law.(2) The procedures shall include the operation of a toll-free hotline and may include procedures to receive written complaints through the mail, email, …

(a) Whenever the Attorney General has reason to believe that a person or entity is engaging, has engaged, or is about to engage in any act or practice declared unlawful by § 7-1-103 or § 7-1-104, the Attorney General may bring an action in the name of the state against that perso…