Title 3 — Alcoholic Beverages
9 chapters · 326 sections in this title.
Ark. Code Ann. § 3-8-801 Definitions
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(1) As used in this subchapter:(1) “Canvasser” means a person who circulates a local option election petition or a part or parts of a local option election petition to obtain the signatures of petitioners thereto;(2) “Intoxicating liquor” means any beverage containing more than o…
Ark. Code Ann. § 3-8-802 Hiring and training of paid canvassers
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(a) (1) A person shall not provide money or anything of value to another person for obtaining signatures on a local option election petition unless the person receiving the money or item of value meets the requirements of this section.(2) Before a signature is solicited by a paid…
Ark. Code Ann. § 3-8-803 Petition to determine granting of licenses for manufacture or sale or bartering, loaning, or giving away of intoxicating liquor
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(a) An election to determine whether licenses will be granted for the manufacture or sale or the bartering, loaning, or giving away of intoxicating liquor shall be called by a petition signed by registered voters in the designated county, township, municipality, ward, or precinct…
Ark. Code Ann. § 3-8-804 Duties of election officers — Penalty for failure to perform
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(a) The duties imposed by this subchapter upon members of the State Board of Election Commissioners, members of the county boards of election commissioners, election officials, and other officers expressly named in this subchapter shall be performed:(1) In good faith;(2) Within t…
Ark. Code Ann. § 3-8-805 Signing of petition — Penalty for falsification — Notice of suspected forgery
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(a) (1) A person signing a petition under this subchapter shall:(A) Be a registered voter; and(B) After reading the ballot title of the petition in the presence of the canvasser or having the ballot title of the petition read aloud to him or her in the presence of the canvasser, …
Ark. Code Ann. § 3-8-806 Form of initiative petition — Sufficiency of signatures
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(a) The petition for an ordinance, act, or amendment proposed by initiative shall be on substantially the following form: “PETITION FOR LOCAL OPTION ELECTION To the Honorable, County Clerk or City Clerk We, the undersigned registered voters of the State of Arkansas, or County, Ar…
Ark. Code Ann. § 3-8-807 Procedure for circulation of petition
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(a) (1) Each petition under this subchapter for an election to be held in a district that includes more than one (1) county shall be prepared and circulated in a petition part, and each petition part shall be an exact copy of all other such petition parts upon which signatures of…
Ark. Code Ann. § 3-8-808 Form of verification — Penalty for false statement — Definition
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(a) Each petition containing signatures shall be verified in substantially the following form by the canvasser's affidavit thereon as a part thereof:“State of Arkansas, County of _____________I, _____________ (print name of canvasser) _____________, being duly sworn, state that e…
Ark. Code Ann. § 3-8-809 Failure to act on petition — Mandamus — Injunction
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(a) If the county clerk does not examine and certify a petition under this chapter within the time prescribed in § 3-8-803, the sponsors may apply to the circuit court with jurisdiction for appropriate relief. (b) If the court decides that the petition is legally sufficient, it s…
Ark. Code Ann. § 3-8-810 Preservation of records
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(a) All petitions, notices, certificates, or other documentary evidence of procedural steps taken under this subchapter shall be filed and preserved. (b) Petitions with signatures shall be retained for two (2) years after submission to the county clerk.
Ark. Code Ann. § 3-8-811 Count of signatures
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(a) Upon the initial filing of a petition under this subchapter, the official charged with verifying the signatures shall:(1) Perform an initial count of the signatures; and(2) Determine whether the petition contains, on its face and before verification of the signatures of regis…