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AR Code § 7-9-109 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 9 - Initiatives, Referenda, and Constitutional Amendments|Subchapter 1 - Petition and Election Procedure|§ 7-9-109. Form of verification — Penalty for false statement

 (a) Each petition containing signatures shall be verified in substantially the following form by the canvasser's affidavit thereon as a part thereof:  (b) Forms herein given are not mandatory, and if substantially followed in any petition it shall be sufficient, disregarding clerical and merely technical errors.  (c)  (1) Petitions shall not be disqualified due to clerical or technical errors made by a clerk, notary, judge, or justice of the peace when verifying the canvasser's signature.  (2) Petitions shall not be disqualified for failure of a clerk, notary, judge, or justice of the peace to sign exactly as his or her name appears on his or her seal if the signature of a clerk, notary, judge, or justice of the peace is sufficient to verify his or her name.    (d) A canvasser who knowingly makes a false statement on a petition verification form required by this section shall be deemed guilty of a Class D felony.    “State of Arkansas County of I, (print name of canvasser) , being duly sworn, state that each of the foregoing persons signed his or her own name to this sheet of the petition in my presence. To the best of my knowledge and belief, each signature is genuine and each signer is a registered voter of the State of Arkansas, County, or City or Incorporated Town of . At all times during the circulation of this signature sheet, an exact copy of the popular name, ballot title, and text was attached to the signature sheet. My current residence address is correctly stated below. Signature Current residence Indicate one: Paid Canvasser Volunteer/Unpaid Canvasser Subscribed and sworn to before me this day of , 20 Signature Clerk, Notary, Judge, or J.P. Seal   Click to view form.
AR Code § 7-9-110 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 9 - Initiatives, Referenda, and Constitutional Amendments|Subchapter 1 - Petition and Election Procedure|§ 7-9-110. Designation of number and popular name

 (a) The popular name of each state measure shall be the popular name provided by the sponsor under § 7-9-107, and the number of the measure on the ballot shall be designated as provided in § 7-9-116.  (b) In all legal notices and publications affecting a measure, the measure shall be identified by both the designated number and popular name.
AR Code § 7-9-112 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 9 - Initiatives, Referenda, and Constitutional Amendments|Subchapter 1 - Petition and Election Procedure|§ 7-9-112. Right of review

 (a) If the Secretary of State determines that the signatures submitted on a statewide initiative petition or statewide referendum petition are insufficient or the State Board of Election Commissioners does not certify the ballot title or popular name of a proposed measure resulting in the Secretary of State’s finding the proposed measure insufficient, the following persons may petition the Supreme Court to determine if the signatures submitted on the statewide initiative petition or statewide referendum petition are sufficient or if the ballot title or popular name of the proposed measure should be certified:  (1) The sponsor of the statewide initiative petition or statewide referendum petition; or  (2) A registered voter.    (b) The Supreme Court shall act expeditiously to review the sufficiency of the signatures or the certification of the ballot title or popular name in a timely manner and shall make every effort to reach a decision in advance of the election at which the proposed measure would be considered.  (c)  (1)  (A) If the Supreme Court decides that the signatures submitted on a statewide initiative petition or statewide referendum petition are sufficient, the Supreme Court shall order the Secretary of State to certify the sufficiency for placing the proposed measure on the election ballot if the ballot title and popular name are sufficient.  (B) If the Supreme Court decides that the ballot title and popular name should be certified, the Supreme Court shall order the board to certify the ballot title and popular name to the Secretary of State, who shall declare the proposed measure sufficient to be placed upon the ballot if the signatures on the statewide initiative petition or statewide referendum petition are sufficient.    (2) On a proper showing that the signatures are not sufficient or the ballot title or popular name should not be certified, the Supreme Court may enjoin the Secretary of State from certifying the proposed measure for inclusion on the ballot for the election at which the proposed measure would be considered or, in the event that the proposed measure will appear on the election ballot, from canvassing and certifying the vote on the proposed measure.
AR Code § 7-9-113 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 9 - Initiatives, Referenda, and Constitutional Amendments|Subchapter 1 - Petition and Election Procedure|§ 7-9-113. Publication of notice

 (a)  (1) The Secretary of State shall be charged with the duty of letting contracts for publishing notices as authorized in this section.  (2)  (A) For measures proposed by petition, the petition sponsor shall reimburse the cost of publication to the Secretary of State within thirty (30) calendar days of notification of the final costs for publication.  (B) The Secretary of State shall provide the sponsor of the measure a complete cost breakdown including the:  (i) Number of locations where the measure was published;  (ii) Number of times the measure was published;  (iii) Dates the measure was published; and  (iv) Costs for publishing the measure.    (C)  (i) The reimbursement shall be placed by the Secretary of State into the Mandatory Publication Reimbursement Fund.  (ii) Funds shall be transferred from time to time from the Mandatory Publication Reimbursement Fund to the State Central Services Fund as refunds for costs associated with mandatory publications.        (b)  (1) Before the election at which any proposed or referred measure is to be voted upon by the people, notice shall be published in two (2) weekly issues of some newspaper in each county as is provided by law.  (2)  (A) Publication of the notice for amendments proposed by the General Assembly shall commence six (6) months before the election.  (B) Publication of the notice for all other measures shall commence eight (8) weeks before the election.      (c)  (1) For amendments proposed by the General Assembly, at least one (1) notice shall:  (A) Contain the number, the popular name, the ballot title, and a complete text of the amendment to be submitted; and  (B) Be published in a camera-ready format in a type no smaller than 10-point type.    (2) For all other proposed measures or amendments, at least one (1) notice shall:  (A) Contain the number, the popular name, and the ballot title of the measure to be submitted;  (B) Reference a website where the full text of the measure is published; and  (C) Be published in a camera-ready format in a type no smaller than 10-point type.      (d) It shall be the duty of the Secretary of State, in connection with notice of the proposed measure, to give notice in the same newspapers that each elector on depositing his or her ballot at the election shall vote for or against the measure.
AR Code § 7-9-114 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 9 - Initiatives, Referenda, and Constitutional Amendments|Subchapter 1 - Petition and Election Procedure|§ 7-9-114. Abstract of proposed measure

 (a) The Attorney General shall prepare a concise abstract of the contents of each statewide initiative and referendum measure proposed under Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 7, and he or she shall transmit it to the Secretary of State not less than twenty (20) days before the election.  (b) Not less than eighteen (18) days before the election, the Secretary of State shall transmit a certified copy of the abstract to the county boards of election commissioners, who shall cause copies to be printed and posted conspicuously at all polling places in the county for the information of the voters.  (c) The cost of printing copies of the abstracts shall be borne by the counties as a regular expense of the election.
AR Code § 7-9-115 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 9 - Initiatives, Referenda, and Constitutional Amendments|Subchapter 1 - Petition and Election Procedure|§ 7-9-115. Furnishing ballot title and popular name to election commissioners

 Not less than eighteen (18) days before the election, the Secretary of State shall furnish the State Board of Election Commissioners and county boards of election commissioners a certified copy of the ballot title and popular name for each proposed measure and each referred act to be voted upon at the ensuing election.
AR Code § 7-9-116 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 9 - Initiatives, Referenda, and Constitutional Amendments|Subchapter 1 - Petition and Election Procedure|§ 7-9-116. Captions and designations of numbered issues

 (a) The Secretary of State shall fix and declare the number of the issue by which state measures shall be designated on the ballot.  (b) Each state measure shall be identified with the issue number designated by the Secretary of State.  (c) Measures proposed by initiative petition shall be captioned, “CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT (OR ACT) PROPOSED BY PETITION OF THE PEOPLE”.  (d) Measures referred to a vote by petition shall be captioned, “MEASURE REFERRED BY ORDER OF THE PEOPLE”.  (e) Measures referred to a vote by the General Assembly shall be captioned, “CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT (OR OTHER MEASURE) REFERRED TO THE PEOPLE BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY”.
AR Code § 7-9-117 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 9 - Initiatives, Referenda, and Constitutional Amendments|Subchapter 1 - Petition and Election Procedure|§ 7-9-117. Ballot form

 (a) It shall be the duty of the county board of election commissioners in each county to cause each title and popular name to be printed upon the official ballot to be used in the election at which the measure is to be voted upon, in the manner certified by the Secretary of State.  (b) The title and popular name shall be stated plainly, followed by these words:  (c)  (1) In arranging the ballot titles on the ballot, the county board of election commissioners shall place each measure separate and apart from others.  (2) Each statewide measure shall be designated on the ballot as an issue, and the issues shall be numbered consecutively beginning with “Issue 1” and in the following order:  (A) Constitutional amendments proposed by the General Assembly, if any;  (B) Initiated constitutional amendments, if any;  (C) Statewide initiated acts, if any;  (D) Referred acts of the General Assembly, if any;  (E) Questions referred by the General Assembly, if any; and  (F) Other measures that may be referred, if any.    (3) The ballot titles of measures submitted by municipalities, counties, and other political subdivisions that may submit ballot measures to the people shall be:  (A) Placed separate and apart on the ballot from the ballot titles of statewide measures and from other ballot titles of measures submitted by municipalities, counties, and other political subdivisions; and  (B) Numbered consecutively for each political subdivision in the following order:  (i) Initiated local measures, if any;  (ii) Referred local measures, if any; and  (iii) Other measures that may be referred, if any.          “FOR ISSUE NO . “AGAINST ISSUE NO .”   Click to view form.
AR Code § 7-9-118 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 9 - Initiatives, Referenda, and Constitutional Amendments|Subchapter 1 - Petition and Election Procedure|§ 7-9-118. Failure to place proposal on ballot — Manner of voting

 If any election board shall fail or refuse to submit any proposal after its sufficiency has been duly certified, the qualified electors of the county may vote for or against the measure by writing or stamping on their ballot the proposed ballot title, followed by the word “FOR” or “AGAINST”. All votes so cast, if otherwise legal, shall be canvassed, counted, and certified.
AR Code § 7-9-119 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 9 - Initiatives, Referenda, and Constitutional Amendments|Subchapter 1 - Petition and Election Procedure|§ 7-9-119. Counting, canvass, and return of votes — Proclamation of result — Effective date

 (a) The vote on each measure shall be counted, tabulated, and returned by the proper precinct election officials to the county board of election commissioners in each county at the time and in the manner the vote for candidates for state and county officers is tabulated, canvassed, and returned.  (b) An abstract of all votes cast on any measure shall be certified by the county board of election commissioners and delivered or postmarked to the Secretary of State no earlier than forty-eight (48) hours and no later than fifteen (15) calendar days after the election is held.  (c) It shall be the duty of the Secretary of State to canvass the returns on each measure not later than ten (10) days thereafter and to certify the result to the Governor and to the State Board of Election Commissioners.  (d)  (1)  (A) The Governor shall thereupon issue a proclamation showing the total number of votes cast and the number cast for and the number cast against each measure and shall declare the measure adopted or rejected, as the facts appear.  (B) If the Governor declares any measure adopted, it shall be in full force and effect thirty (30) days after the election unless otherwise provided in the measure.    (2) However, amendments to the Arkansas Constitution shall also be declared adopted or rejected by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, as is provided by the Arkansas Constitution.
AR Code § 7-9-120 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 9 - Initiatives, Referenda, and Constitutional Amendments|Subchapter 1 - Petition and Election Procedure|§ 7-9-120. Printing of approved measures with general laws — Certification of city ordinances

 (a) The Secretary of State shall cause every measure approved by the people to be printed with the general laws enacted by the next ensuing session of the General Assembly with the date of the Governor's proclamation declaring the same to have been approved by the people.  (b) However, city ordinances approved by the people shall only be certified by the Secretary of State to the city clerk or recorder of the municipality for which the ordinance has been approved, who shall immediately record the same as he or she is required by law to record other ordinances of the municipality.
AR Code § 7-9-121 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 9 - Initiatives, Referenda, and Constitutional Amendments|Subchapter 1 - Petition and Election Procedure|§ 7-9-121. Contest of returns and certification

 (a) The right to contest the returns and certification of the votes cast upon any measure is expressly conferred upon any twenty-five (25) qualified electors of the state.  (b) Any contest may be brought in the Pulaski County Circuit Court and shall be conducted under any rules and regulations as may be made and promulgated by the Supreme Court. However, the complaint shall be filed within sixty (60) days after the certification of the vote thereon, and the contestants shall not be required to make bond for the costs.
AR Code § 7-9-122 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 9 - Initiatives, Referenda, and Constitutional Amendments|Subchapter 1 - Petition and Election Procedure|§ 7-9-122. Adoption of conflicting measures

 If two (2) or more conflicting measures shall be approved by a majority of the votes severally cast for and against the measures at the same election, the measure receiving the greatest number of affirmative votes shall become law.
AR Code § 7-9-123 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 9 - Initiatives, Referenda, and Constitutional Amendments|Subchapter 1 - Petition and Election Procedure|§ 7-9-123. Preservation of records

 All petitions, notices, certificates, or other documentary evidence of procedural steps taken in submitting any measure shall be filed and preserved. Petitions with signatures shall be retained for two (2) years and thereafter destroyed. The measure and the certificates relating thereto shall be recorded in a permanent record and duly attested by the Secretary of State.
AR Code § 7-9-124 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 9 - Initiatives, Referenda, and Constitutional Amendments|Subchapter 1 - Petition and Election Procedure|§ 7-9-124. Voter registration signature imaging system — Creation of fund

 (a) There is hereby established in the office of the Secretary of State a voter registration signature imaging system, and the Secretary of State is authorized to acquire and maintain the necessary equipment and facilities to accommodate the system.  (b) The Division of Information Systems shall cooperate with and assist the Secretary of State in determining the computer equipment and software needed in the office of the Secretary of State for the voter registration signature imaging system.  (c) There is hereby created on the books of the Treasurer of State, the Auditor of State, and the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State a fund to be known as the “Voter Registration Signature Imaging System Fund”.
AR Code § 7-9-125 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 9 - Initiatives, Referenda, and Constitutional Amendments|Subchapter 1 - Petition and Election Procedure|§ 7-9-125. Definition — Prohibition of profit — Penalties — Freedom of information

 (a) As used in this section, “property” means both real and personal property and includes without limitation both tangible and intangible property.  (b)  (1) No person who is a sponsor of an initiative petition, referendum petition, or constitutional amendment which proposes the sale of property owned by a municipality or county shall receive anything of value as a result of the passage of the act sponsored by the person.  (2) A sponsor of an initiative petition, referendum petition, or constitutional amendment which proposes the sale of property owned by a municipality or county shall file, within sixty (60) calendar days of the election at which the initiative, referendum, or constitutional amendment has been voted upon, with the Secretary of State an accounting of all expenditures by the sponsor in connection with the petition or amendment.  (3) No person shall directly or indirectly benefit from sponsorship of a petition or amendment which proposes the sale of property owned by a municipality or county by contracting sponsorship activities to any business enterprise in which the sponsor has a substantial interest.  (4) Nothing in this act shall prohibit the circulation of petitions or compensation to persons who circulate the petitions.    (c)  (1)  (A) If a sponsor violates any provision of subsection (b) of this section, the sponsor shall be fined an amount equal to twice the amount of the person's personal gain.  (B) The fine shall be paid to the state, municipality, or county in which the petition or amendment was voted upon.    (2) This section shall be enforced by the:  (A) City attorney of the municipality;  (B) Prosecuting attorney of the county; or  (C) Attorney General of this state.      (d) The expense reports filed by the sponsor of the petition shall be subject to the Freedom of Information Act of 1967, § 25-19-101 et seq.
AR Code § 7-9-201 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 9 - Initiatives, Referenda, and Constitutional Amendments|Subchapter 2 - Legislative Proposal of Constitutional Amendments|§ 7-9-201. Proposal and vote

 Amendments to the Arkansas Constitution shall be proposed in either branch of the General Assembly in the form of a joint resolution, which shall be read in full on three (3) several days in each house unless the rules be suspended by two-thirds (2/3) of each house, when it may be read a second or third time on the same day. On the final passage of the proposed amendment through each house, the vote shall be taken by yeas and nays, and the names of the persons voting for and against it be entered on the journal. No amendment shall be proposed unless it is agreed to by a majority of all the members elected to each house.
AR Code § 7-9-202 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 9 - Initiatives, Referenda, and Constitutional Amendments|Subchapter 2 - Legislative Proposal of Constitutional Amendments|§ 7-9-202. Enrollment and filing

 When any joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Arkansas Constitution shall have passed each house as prescribed in § 7-9-201, it shall be enrolled and signed by the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives and filed in the office of the Secretary of State.
AR Code § 7-9-203 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 9 - Initiatives, Referenda, and Constitutional Amendments|Subchapter 2 - Legislative Proposal of Constitutional Amendments|§ 7-9-203. Entry on journals

 The proposed amendment shall be entered on the journals of each house, with the yeas and nays.
AR Code § 7-9-204 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 9 - Initiatives, Referenda, and Constitutional Amendments|Subchapter 2 - Legislative Proposal of Constitutional Amendments|§ 7-9-204. Ballot titles and popular names of constitutional amendments proposed by the legislature

 The General Assembly may designate in the joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Arkansas Constitution the popular name and ballot title of the amendment for the election ballot.
AR Code § 7-9-205 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 9 - Initiatives, Referenda, and Constitutional Amendments|Subchapter 2 - Legislative Proposal of Constitutional Amendments|§ 7-9-205. Challenges to constitutional amendments proposed by the General Assembly

 If the General Assembly passes a joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Arkansas Constitution, a qualified elector may file an action in a court of competent jurisdiction at any time after the passage of the joint resolution challenging the sufficiency of the joint resolution, including without limitation the:   (1) Text of the proposed amendment;  (2) Ballot title of the proposed amendment; and  (3) Popular name of the proposed amendment.
AR Code § 7-9-301 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 9 - Initiatives, Referenda, and Constitutional Amendments|Subchapter 3 - Constitutional Conventions|§ 7-9-301. Calling constitutional convention — Majority vote

 (a) When a majority of the qualified electors of this state voting on the issue at a general election shall vote for the holding of a constitutional convention, the convention shall be held. The delegates thereto shall be selected and qualified as provided in this subchapter.  (b) Whenever a majority of the electors voting on the question vote against the holding of a constitutional convention, no convention shall be held. Delegates to the proposed convention elected at the election shall have and exercise no power or authority and shall perform no functions by virtue of their election as delegates.
AR Code § 7-9-302 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 9 - Initiatives, Referenda, and Constitutional Amendments|Subchapter 3 - Constitutional Conventions|§ 7-9-302. Delegate qualifications — Election date

 (a) At the same general election at which a vote on the calling of a constitutional convention shall be taken, delegates to the convention shall be elected.  (b) Candidates for the office of delegate to the constitutional convention shall possess the qualifications required by law for a member of the House of Representatives of the General Assembly, and they shall be qualified electors of the district from which elected.  (c) The election of delegates to the convention shall be on a nonpartisan basis, and no candidate shall designate political party affiliation at the time he or she files for election.