Title 7 — Elections

No action shall be brought to charge any person upon any contract, promise, or agreement for any service rendered to or for him or her as a candidate in any election in this state or in aid of his or her campaign for the nomination to any office in this state unless the agreement…

(a) (1) Candidates for political party nominations for state or district offices shall file with the Secretary of State and candidates for county, municipal, or township offices shall file with the county clerk of the county during the filing period set out in § 7-7-203 for the p…

(a) It shall be unlawful for any judge of the district or circuit courts and any Justice of the Supreme Court or Judge of the Court of Appeals to participate in the campaign of any candidate for office at any election, other than his or her own. (b) The word “participation”, as u…

Neither the owner, licensee, nor operator of a visual or sound radio broadcasting station or network of stations nor his or her agents or employees shall be liable for any damages for any defamatory statement published or uttered in, or as a part of, a visual or sound broadcast b…

(a) When any citizen of Arkansas becomes a candidate in any primary or general election and complies with all the laws pertaining thereto, then the candidate shall be entitled to go into any city, town, municipality, or rural community in Arkansas and operate his or her acoustica…

(1) As used in this subchapter:(1) (A) “Approved political action committee” means any person that:(i) Receives contributions from one (1) or more persons in order to make contributions to candidates, ballot question committees, legislative question committees, political parties,…

A person who knowingly fails to comply with this subchapter shall upon conviction be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor unless a different penalty applies under this subchapter.

(a) (1) (A) It shall be unlawful for any candidate for any public office or for any person acting on the candidate's behalf to accept campaign contributions in excess of the maximum campaign contribution limit established by the Arkansas Ethics Commission under subsection (i) of …

(a) No campaign contribution in excess of one hundred dollars ($100) or expenditure in excess of fifty dollars ($50.00) shall be made or received in cash. (b) All contributions or expenditures in behalf of a campaign activity, other than in-kind contributions and expenditures, in…

(a) No campaign contribution shall be made to a candidate, a political action committee, an independent expenditure committee, an exploratory committee, a county political party committee, or a political party unless such contribution is made directly to the intended recipient. P…

(a) A candidate, a person acting in the candidate's behalf, a political party, a county political party committee, a political action committee, an independent expenditure committee, or a person making independent expenditures shall keep records of all contributions and expenditu…

(a) Reports Required. (1) Except as provided in subsections (c) and (e) of this section, each candidate for state or district office, including a district judge, or a person acting in the candidate's behalf, shall file with the Secretary of State:(A) For each quarter during a cal…

(a) Reports required. (1) Except as provided in subsection (d) of this section, each candidate for school district, township, or municipal office, or a person acting in the candidate's behalf, shall file with the Secretary of State in an election year for the office that the cand…

(a) Reports Required. (1) Except as provided in subsection (d) of this section, each candidate for county office or a person acting in the candidate's behalf shall file with the Secretary of State in an election year for the office that the candidate is seeking:(A) (i) A monthly …

(a) (1) The transfer of a candidate's own personal funds to his or her campaign shall be reported as either a loan from the candidate to his or her campaign or a contribution from the candidate to his or her campaign.(2) In the event the transfer of such funds is reported as a lo…

All reports required to be filed by the provisions of this subchapter shall be verified by affidavit by the candidate or a person acting in the candidate's behalf stating that to the best of his or her knowledge and belief the information so disclosed is a complete, true, and acc…

(a) (1) Upon proper filing, the information required in §§ 7-6-203, 7-6-207 — 7-6-210, 7-6-215, 7-6-216, and 7-6-220 shall constitute a public record and shall be available within twenty-four (24) hours of the reporting deadline to all interested persons and the news media.(2) Th…

(a) (1) (A) To qualify as an approved political action committee, the political action committee shall register with the Secretary of State within fifteen (15) days after accepting contributions during a calendar year that exceed five hundred dollars ($500) in the aggregate.(B) R…

(a) (1) An exploratory committee shall register with the appropriate filing office within fifteen (15) days after receiving contributions during a calendar year which, in the aggregate, exceed five hundred dollars ($500).(2) (A) For a state or district office, the place of filing…

(a) (1) The Arkansas Ethics Commission shall be composed of five (5) members, one (1) each appointed by the Governor, Attorney General, Lieutenant Governor, Speaker of the House of Representatives, and President Pro Tempore of the Senate.(2) Members of the commission shall be app…

(a) (1) Any citizen may file a complaint with the Arkansas Ethics Commission against a person covered by this subchapter, by § 6-24-101 et seq.; § 7-1-103(a)(1)-(4), (6), or (7); § 7-1-114 [repealed]; the Disclosure Act for Public Initiatives, Referenda, and Measures Referred to …

(a) (1) Any person who was a candidate and has a campaign debt from an election that has ended may solicit funds and hold fundraisers to retire the campaign debt.(2) The contributions received shall be treated as campaign contributions to the person's previous campaign, and all c…

(a) A person who or an independent expenditure committee which makes independent expenditures in an aggregate amount or value in excess of two hundred dollars ($200) in a calendar year shall file reports with the Secretary of State:(1) (A) No later than fifteen (15) days followin…

A.C.A. § 7-6-221Current 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) Pursuant to rules to be adopted by the Department of Finance and Administration, a credit against individual Arkansas income taxes shall be allowed for money contributions made by the taxpayer in a taxable year to one (1) or more of the following:(1) A candidate seeking nomin…

(a) Within fifteen (15) calendar days after the end of each calendar quarter, each political party that meets the definition of political party stated in § 7-1-101 or that has met the petition requirements of § 7-7-205 shall file a quarterly report with the Secretary of State. (b…

(a) Municipalities, counties, and townships may establish reasonable limitations on:(1) Time periods that candidates for local office shall be allowed to solicit contributions;(2) Limits on contributions to local candidates at amounts lower than those set by state law; and(3) Vol…

Whenever a report becomes due on a day which is a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, the report shall be due the next day which is not a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday.

(a) (1) (A) To qualify as a county political party committee, the committee shall register with the Secretary of State within fifteen (15) days after accepting contributions during a calendar year that exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000) in the aggregate.(B) The registration sh…

(a) (1) (A) An independent expenditure committee shall register with the Secretary of State within fifteen (15) days after accepting contributions or making independent expenditures that exceed two hundred dollars ($200) in the aggregate during a calendar year.(B) Registration sh…

(a) A candidate may retain campaign signs, campaign literature, and other printed campaign materials that:(1) Were purchased by the campaign;(2) Were reported on the appropriate contribution and expenditure report for the campaign at the time of the purchase; and(3) Are retained …

(a) It is an affirmative defense to prosecution or disciplinary action if a person required to file a report under this subchapter amends the report within thirty (30) days of discovering or learning of an unintentional error in the report. (b) (1) The Arkansas Ethics Commission …

(a) The Secretary of State shall develop electronic reporting forms for campaign contribution and expenditure reports required under § 7-6-207, including without limitation:(1) A cover sheet for a reporting period;(2) Campaign contribution reports; and(3) Campaign expenditure rep…

(a) (1) A person required to file reports or register in electronic form under § 7-6-215 or § 7-6-220 may file reports or register in paper form under this section if:(A) The person does not have access to the technology necessary to submit reports or registration in electronic f…

(a) The Arkansas Ethics Commission shall review the timeliness of reports filed with the Secretary of State by all candidates for state or district office pursuant to § 7-6-207. (b) (1) If a candidate for state or district office has failed to file a required report, the commissi…

(a) The Arkansas Ethics Commission shall issue one (1) or more reporting calendars for use by candidates to identify when reports and other necessary filings are due in a calendar year. (b) The commission shall issue the reporting calendar for a calendar year no later than the De…