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AR Code § 7-6-216 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 6 - Campaign Practices|Subchapter 2 - Campaign Financing|§ 7-6-216. Registration and reports by exploratory committees

 (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 shall be the Secretary of State's office.  (B) For a county, municipal, township, or school district office, the place of filing shall be the county clerk's office.    (3) Registration shall be on forms provided by the Secretary of State and the contents therein shall be verified by an affidavit of an officer of the committee.    (b) An exploratory committee shall disclose on the registration form the name, address, and, where available, phone number of the committee and each of its officers. It shall also disclose the individual person who, upon becoming a candidate, is intended to receive campaign contributions from the committee.  (c) Within thirty (30) days of the end of each month, an exploratory committee shall file a report with the appropriate filing office indicating:  (1) The total amount of contributions received during the filing period;  (2) The name and address of each person who has made a contribution which, in the aggregate, exceeds fifty dollars ($50.00), along with the contributor's principal place of business, employer, occupation, and the amount contributed; and  (3) The total amount of expenditures made and, for each single expenditure that exceeds one hundred dollars ($100), an itemization, including the amount of the expenditure, the name and address of the person to whom the expenditure was made, and the date the expenditure was made.    (d)  (1)  (A) The first report shall be filed for the month in which the committee files its registration. The final report shall be filed within thirty (30) days after the end of the month in which the committee either transfers its contributions to a candidate's campaign or no longer accepts contributions.  (B) The reports required by this section shall be filed in electronic form through the official website of the Secretary of State.  (C) The Arkansas Ethics Commission shall approve the format used by the Secretary of State for the filing of exploratory reports in electronic form to ensure that all required information is requested.  (D) The official website of the Secretary of State shall allow for searches of exploratory committee report information filed in electronic form.    (2) An exploratory committee under this section may file reports in paper form under this section if:  (A) The exploratory committee does not have access to the technology necessary to submit reports in electronic form; and  (B) Submitting reports in electronic form would constitute a substantial hardship for the exploratory committee.    (3) The committee shall not accept contributions after the filing of a final report.
AR Code § 7-6-219 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 6 - Campaign Practices|Subchapter 2 - Campaign Financing|§ 7-6-219. Retiring a campaign debt

 (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 campaign contribution limits shall continue to apply.    (b) Contributors shall be given notice that the campaign contributions are for the purpose of retiring a campaign debt. Any invitation to or notice of a fundraiser to retire a campaign debt of a previous campaign shall state that the funds are to retire a campaign debt.  (c) A person shall file a campaign contribution and expenditure report concerning a campaign debt if, since the last report concerning the debt, the person has received cumulative contributions in excess of five hundred dollars ($500). The report shall be filed not later than fifteen (15) days after a calendar quarter in which a report becomes required. No report is required in any calendar quarter in which the cumulative contribution or cumulative expenditure limit has not been exceeded since the person's last report.
AR Code § 7-6-222 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 6 - Campaign Practices|Subchapter 2 - Campaign Financing|§ 7-6-222. Tax credits for certain individual political contributions

 (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 nomination or election to a public office at an election or to the candidate's campaign committee;  (2) An approved political action committee as defined in § 7-6-201; or  (3) An organized political party as defined in § 7-1-101.    (b) The credit allowed by subsection (a) of this section shall be the aggregate contributions, not to exceed fifty dollars ($50.00), on an individual tax return, or the aggregate contributions, not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100), on a joint return.  (c) Credits for contributions qualifying under this section and made prior to April 15 in a calendar year may be applied to the return filed for the previous taxable year.
AR Code § 7-6-223 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 6 - Campaign Practices|Subchapter 2 - Campaign Financing|§ 7-6-223. Reports of contributions by political parties

 (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) The report shall include:  (1) The total amount of contributions received by the political party during the preceding calendar quarter;  (2) An itemization, including the name, address, employer, and occupation of each person who made a contribution or contributions to the political party which, in the aggregate, exceeded fifty dollars ($50.00) in the preceding calendar quarter, as well as the amount received and date of receipt;  (3) The total amount of money disbursed by the political party during the preceding calendar quarter; and  (4) An itemization, including the amount of the disbursement, the name and address of the person to whom the disbursement was made, and the date the disbursement was made for each single disbursement that exceeded one hundred dollars ($100).    (c) If a political party received contributions and disbursed money before the calendar quarter in which it met the petition requirements of § 7-7-205, the first quarterly report shall also include all information required by subsection (b) of this section which occurred before the quarter in which the political party met the petition requirements of § 7-7-205.
AR Code § 7-6-224 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 6 - Campaign Practices|Subchapter 2 - Campaign Financing|§ 7-6-224. Authority of local jurisdictions

 (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) Voluntary campaign expenditure limits for candidates seeking election to their respective governing bodies.    (b) Enforcement of any limitation established under subsection (a) of this section is the responsibility of the municipality, county, or township establishing the limitation.
AR Code § 7-6-225 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 6 - Campaign Practices|Subchapter 2 - Campaign Financing|§ 7-6-225. Filing deadlines

 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.
AR Code § 7-6-228 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 6 - Campaign Practices|Subchapter 2 - Campaign Financing|§ 7-6-228. Campaign signs and materials

 (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 for use in a future campaign by the same candidate.    (b) A candidate:  (1) May reuse the campaign signs, campaign literature, and other printed campaign materials under subsection (a) of this section in future campaigns; and  (2) Is not required to list the campaign signs, campaign literature, and other printed campaign materials under subsection (a) of this section in future reports filed under this subchapter.    (c)  (1) Campaign signs, campaign literature, and other printed campaign materials under this section shall clearly contain the words “Paid for by” followed by the name of the candidate, committee, or person who paid for the campaign sign, campaign literature, or other printed campaign materials.  (2) Subdivision (c)(1) of this section applies only to campaign signs, campaign literature, and other printed campaign materials created by or sponsored by a political candidate, the campaign of a political candidate, a political action committee, or an independent expenditure committee.
AR Code § 7-6-229 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 6 - Campaign Practices|Subchapter 2 - Campaign Financing|§ 7-6-229. Amendment of reports — Affirmative defense

 (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 shall not proceed with an investigation of an alleged error in a report filed under this subchapter if the commission determines that a person would be eligible to raise the affirmative defense under subsection (a) of this section.  (2) If the commission does not proceed with an investigation of an alleged error in a report under subdivision (b)(1) of this section, the person shall not be considered to have committed a violation of the applicable statute.    (c) This section shall not be construed to:  (1) Remove the duty to file a report under this subchapter; or  (2) Authorize a person to knowingly fail to file a report under this subchapter.
AR Code § 7-7-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 7 - Nominations and Primary Elections|Subchapter 1 - Methods of Nomination|§ 7-7-101. Selection of nominees

 The name of no person shall be printed on the ballot in any general or special election in this state as a candidate for election to any office unless the person shall have been certified as a nominee selected pursuant to this subchapter.
AR Code § 7-7-102 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 7 - Nominations and Primary Elections|Subchapter 1 - Methods of Nomination|§ 7-7-102. Party nominees certified at primary election

 (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, nominees of any political party for United States Senate, United States House of Representatives, or state, district, county, township, or applicable municipal office to be voted upon at a general election shall be certified as having received a majority of the votes cast for the office, or as an unopposed candidate, at a primary election held by the political party in the manner provided by law.  (b) A new political party established by petition shall nominate any candidate by convention for the first general election after certification of a sufficient petition.
AR Code § 7-7-106 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 7 - Nominations and Primary Elections|Subchapter 1 - Methods of Nomination|§ 7-7-106. Filling vacancies in candidacy for nomination — Preferential primary

 (a) A political party may fill a vacancy if:  (1) A person is running unopposed in a preferential primary and cannot accept the nomination due to death; or  (2) A person is running unopposed in a preferential primary and notifies the party that he or she will not accept the nomination due to a serious illness.    (b) The vacancy shall be filled in accordance with respective political party rules.  (c) If the vacancy is filled more than sixty-six (66) days before the preferential primary election, the name of the person filling the vacancy shall be printed on the ballot instead of the name of the person who vacated the candidacy.  (d) If the vacancy is filled less than sixty-six (66) days before the date of the preferential primary election, the name of the person subsequently elected to fill the vacancy in candidacy shall be declared the nominee even if the name of the person who vacated the candidacy appears on the preferential primary ballot.  (e) If the vacancy in candidacy is not filled before the date of the preferential primary election, a vacancy in nomination shall be deemed to exist on the date of the preferential primary election and the vacancy in nomination shall be filled under § 7-7-104.
AR Code § 7-7-201 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 7 - Nominations and Primary Elections|Subchapter 2 - Primary Elections Generally|§ 7-7-201. Law governing primary elections

 (a) The cost of political party primaries shall be borne by the State of Arkansas and shall be paid from an appropriation made to the State Board of Election Commissioners for that purpose.  (b)  (1) Within each county, the political party primary elections shall be conducted by the county board of election commissioners.  (2) The State Board of Election Commissioners shall have authority to adopt rules for the administration of primary elections consistent with the provisions of this chapter.  (3) The State Board of Election Commissioners may withhold reimbursement of funds to the counties for state-funded elections for failure to comply with the rules developed by the State Board of Election Commissioners for the administration of primary elections or applicable state election laws until all requirements are met to the satisfaction of the State Board of Election Commissioners.  (4) Each political party shall be responsible for determining the qualifications of candidates seeking nomination by the political party, provide necessary applications for candidacy, accept and process the applications, and determine the order of its ballot.    (c) All political party primary elections shall be conducted in conformity with the provisions of this act, and these elections are declared to be legal elections.  (d) In cases of circumstances or procedures which may arise in connection with any primary election for which there is no provision of this act governing the circumstances or procedures, they shall be governed by the general election laws of this state or by party rules if there is no applicable general election law.
AR Code § 7-7-202 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 7 - Nominations and Primary Elections|Subchapter 2 - Primary Elections Generally|§ 7-7-202. Preferential and general primaries — When required — Common polling places

 (a) Whenever any political party shall select by primary election party nominees as candidates at any general election for any United States, state, district, county, township, or municipal office, there shall be held a preferential primary election and a general primary election, if required, on the respective dates provided in § 7-7-203(a) and (b).  (b) A general primary election for a political party shall not be held if there are no races in which three (3) or more candidates qualify for the same office or position as provided in subsection (c) of this section unless a general primary election is necessary to break a tie vote for the same office or position at the preferential primary.  (c) If there are no races in which three (3) or more candidates qualify for the same office or position, only the preferential primary election shall be held for the political party. If all nominations have been determined at the preferential primary election or by withdrawal of candidates as provided in § 7-7-304(a) and (b), the general primary election shall not be held.  (d) The county board of election commissioners shall establish common polling places for the joint conduct of the primary elections of all political parties.
AR Code § 7-7-204 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 7 - Nominations and Primary Elections|Subchapter 2 - Primary Elections Generally|§ 7-7-204. Candidacy for multiple nominations prohibited

 (a) A person who files as a candidate for nomination by a political party shall not be eligible to:  (1) Be the nominee of any other political party for the same office during the primary election or the following general or special election; or  (2) Be an independent or write-in candidate for the same office at the general or special election.    (b) A person who is certified as an independent candidate shall not be eligible to be a write-in candidate or the nominee of any political party for the same office at the same general or special election.
AR Code § 7-7-301 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 7 - Nominations and Primary Elections|Subchapter 3 - Conduct of Primary|§ 7-7-301. Party pledges, affidavits of eligibility, and party filing fees

 (a) A political party may impose a filing fee for candidates seeking nomination by that party. The filing fee for county, municipal, and township offices shall be fixed by the county committee, as authorized by the state executive committee. For all other races, the filing fee shall be established by the state executive committee. On or before noon of the last day of the political party filing period, all candidates at primary elections of political parties shall file an affidavit of eligibility and any pledge required by such party and shall pay the party filing fees required by the party, as follows:  (1) Candidates for United States Senator, for United States Representative, and for all state offices shall file the pledge and the affidavit of eligibility and pay the party filing fees with the secretary of the state committee of the political party or his or her designated agent;  (2) Candidates for district offices, including, but not limited to, the offices of State Representative and State Senator, shall file the pledge and affidavit of eligibility with the secretary of the state committee of the political party or his or her designated agent and pay the party filing fees with the secretary of the state committee of the political party or his or her designated agent; and  (3) All candidates for county, municipal, and township offices, candidates for county committee member, and delegates to the county convention shall file the pledge and the affidavit of eligibility and pay the party filing fees with the secretary of the county committee of the political party.    (b) The county clerk shall not accept for filing the political practices pledge of any candidate for nomination by a political party to any county, township, or partisan municipal office, nor shall the Secretary of State accept for filing the political practices pledge of any candidate for nomination by a political party to any state or district office, unless the candidate first files a party certificate.  (c) Any candidate who shall fail to file the party pledge and affidavit of eligibility and pay the party filing fee at the time and in the manner as provided in this section shall not receive a party certificate and shall not have his or her name printed on the ballot at any primary election.  (d) The names of candidates who file with the state committee as provided in this section shall be certified to the various county committees and the various county boards of election commissioners in the manner and at the time provided in § 7-7-203.
AR Code § 7-7-302 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 7 - Nominations and Primary Elections|Subchapter 3 - Conduct of Primary|§ 7-7-302. Selection of primary election officials

 The election officials of primary elections shall be selected in the same manner as for general elections and shall be subject to the same requirements as provided for general elections.
AR Code § 7-7-303 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 7 - Nominations and Primary Elections|Subchapter 3 - Conduct of Primary|§ 7-7-303. Precincts — Boundaries

 The election precincts in all political party primary elections shall be the same as established by the county board of election commissioners for general elections.
AR Code § 7-7-306 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 7 - Nominations and Primary Elections|Subchapter 3 - Conduct of Primary|§ 7-7-306. Partisan and nonpartisan general election ballots

 (a) At each party primary and nonpartisan general election, each county board of election commissioners shall furnish a separate ballot for each political party containing:  (1) The name of each person seeking nomination as a candidate of that political party;  (2) The name of each candidate for the general election to a nonpartisan office under § 7-10-101 [repealed]; and  (3) All measures and questions, if any, to be decided by the voters.    (b) The county board of election commissioners shall also furnish a separate ballot containing the names of all qualified candidates for the general election to nonpartisan offices and all measures, if any, to be decided by the voters.
AR Code § 7-7-307 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 7 - Nominations and Primary Elections|Subchapter 3 - Conduct of Primary|§ 7-7-307. Additional voter qualifications

 (a) Each political party may establish by party rules additional qualifications to those established by § 7-5-201 for eligibility to vote in primary elections of the party.  (b) However, any additional qualifications established by a political party shall comply with the National Voter Registration Act of 1993.
AR Code § 7-7-308 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 7 - Nominations and Primary Elections|Subchapter 3 - Conduct of Primary|§ 7-7-308. Voting procedure and requirements

 (a) The procedure for voting in primary elections is the same as for general elections.  (b) At the same time that the voter identifies himself or herself and the party primary or other election in which he or she intends to vote, the election official shall mark next to the voter's name on the precinct voter registration list the party primary or other election in which the voter chooses to vote.
AR Code § 7-7-309 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 7 - Nominations and Primary Elections|Subchapter 3 - Conduct of Primary|§ 7-7-309. Canvass and certification of returns

 The county board of election commissioners shall canvass the returns and examine the ballots when demanded. It may hear testimony, if offered, of fraudulent practices and illegal votes, may cast out illegal votes and fraudulent returns, may find the true and legal vote cast for each candidate, and shall certify the result not sooner than forty-eight (48) hours and not later than ten (10) days after the primary.
AR Code § 7-7-313 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 7 - Nominations and Primary Elections|Subchapter 3 - Conduct of Primary|§ 7-7-313. Unopposed races

 If there is a primary election in which only one (1) candidate has filed for the position by a filing deadline and there are no other ballot issues to be submitted for consideration, the county board of election commissioners may declare and certify the candidate as elected in the same manner as if the candidate had been voted upon at the election.