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AR Code § 7-7-401 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 7 - Nominations and Primary Elections|Subchapter 4 - Certification of Nominations|§ 7-7-401. Certification of nominations

 (a) The county board of election commissioners shall certify the nomination of all county, township, and municipal offices to the county committee of the political party, state committee of the political party, and county clerk. It shall further certify the vote of all candidates for United States, state, and district office to the state committee and the Secretary of State.  (b) The Secretary of State shall receive the returns from the county board of election commissioners and canvass and certify the result thereof as provided by law. When ordered by a circuit court as provided by law, the county board or its officers shall annul the certifications made and make certifications in accordance with the judgment of the circuit court.  (c) The nominations of any and all political parties for candidates chosen at a regular or special primary election held by the political party shall be certified by the county board of election commissioners.  (d)  (1) Nominees of political parties chosen by a convention of delegates, in those circumstances in which nominations by political party conventions are authorized by law, shall be certified by the chair and secretary of the convention of delegates held by the political party.  (2) All certificates of nomination made by the chair and secretary of conventions or of county boards of election commissioners of primary elections shall be acknowledged before an officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments.    (e)  (1) Nomination as a nonpartisan candidate for Justice of the Supreme Court, Judge of the Court of Appeals, circuit judge, or district judge shall be deemed certified upon the candidate's filing for office when a filing fee is paid or upon determination by the appropriate officer that sufficient signatures were obtained when the candidate seeks alternative ballot access.  (2) For any other office, nomination as an independent candidate without political party affiliation for election to any office shall be certified by petition of electors in the manner provided in § 7-7-103.
AR Code § 7-7-402 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 7 - Nominations and Primary Elections|Subchapter 4 - Certification of Nominations|§ 7-7-402. Filing certificates of nomination

 (a)  (1) All certified lists of nominees as candidates for presidential electors and members of the United States Congress and for state, judicial, and district officers, either by convention, primary election, or electors, shall be filed with the Secretary of State.  (2) All certified lists of nominees for county, township, and municipal offices shall be filed with the county board of election commissioners and the county clerk of the county in which they are to be voted for no later than ninety (90) days before the general election.    (b) Certified lists of nomination shall be filed within the time provided in § 7-7-203.
AR Code § 7-8-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 8 - Federal Elections|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 7-8-101. Primaries — General law governs

 All primaries, preferential and general, for the selection of nominees for federal offices, including those of the United States Senators and United States Representatives, shall be held on the same date and in the same manner as the preferential and general primaries for state, district, county, and township offices and shall be governed by the same procedure prescribed by this act.
AR Code § 7-8-102 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 8 - Federal Elections|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 7-8-102. Filling Senate vacancies

 (a) Vacancies in the office of United States Senator shall be filled by appointment by the Governor.  (b)  (1) The appointee under subsection (a) of this section shall serve during the entire unexpired Senate term if the office would in regular course be filled at the next general election if no vacancy had occurred.  (2)  (A) If the office would not in regular course be filled at the next general election, the remaining portion of the vacated term shall be filled as follows:  (i) At the next general election if the vacancy occurs four (4) months or more before the next general election; or  (ii) At the second general election after the vacancy occurs if the vacancy occurs less than four (4) months before the next general election.    (B) The person so elected shall:  (i) Take office on the first day of January following his or her election; and  (ii) Serve the remaining portion of the vacated term.
AR Code § 7-8-103 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 8 - Federal Elections|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 7-8-103. Credentials of Senate appointee

 When the Governor shall make a temporary appointment of a United States Senator by authority of this subchapter, he or she shall deliver to the senator a credential in the following form:   “ who was chosen United States Senator of the State of Arkansas, in pursuance of the Constitution of the United States of America, having died (resigned, or otherwise, as the case may be): Therefore, I, , Governor of the State of Arkansas, have appointed United States Senator to fill the said vacancy temporarily until the election of a United States Senator by the qualified electors of the state. Given under my hand and the seal of the said state this day of , 20 Governor of the State of Arkansas Attest: , Secretary of State”.   Click to view form.
AR Code § 7-8-104 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 8 - Federal Elections|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 7-8-104. Filling vacancies in the House of Representatives

 When any vacancy shall happen in the office of a member of the United States House of Representatives from this state by death, resignation, removal, or otherwise, it shall be the duty of the Governor, by proclamation, to order the sheriffs of the several counties to order an election to be held on a certain day to be named in the proclamation to fill the vacancy. The election shall be conducted in the same manner, and returns thereof made, as prescribed in this title for general elections.
AR Code § 7-8-201 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 8 - Federal Elections|Subchapter 2 - Selection of Delegates for National Convention|§ 7-8-201. Preferential elections required — Apportionment of delegates

 Each political party in the state desiring to select delegates to attend a quadrennial national nominating convention of the party to select a nominee for the office of President of the United States shall hold a preferential primary election in the state, and the delegates to the national party convention shall be apportioned to the presidential candidates whose names were on the ballot at the preferential primary or to “uncommitted” in the proportion that the votes cast for each candidate or for “uncommitted” bear to the total votes cast at the election, rounded to the closest whole number.
AR Code § 7-8-204 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 8 - Federal Elections|Subchapter 2 - Selection of Delegates for National Convention|§ 7-8-204. Rules for selection of delegates and alternates

 Each political party holding a preferential primary election in the state shall adopt appropriate rules for the selection of delegates and alternate delegates to the quadrennial national nominating convention of the party and to otherwise carry out the intent and purposes of this subchapter.
AR Code § 7-8-301 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 8 - Federal Elections|Subchapter 3 - Presidential Electors|§ 7-8-301. Date of election

 (a) There shall be elected by general ticket in the manner and with the effect provided in this subchapter, on the Tuesday next after the first Monday in November preceding the expiration of the term of office of each President of the United States, as many electors of President of the United States and Vice President of the United States as this state may be entitled to elect.  (b) If the United States Congress should hereafter fix a different day for the election, then the election for electors shall be held on the day as shall be named by act of the United States Congress.  (c) The election shall be conducted and returns thereof made as provided in § 7-8-302.
AR Code § 7-8-303 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 8 - Federal Elections|Subchapter 3 - Presidential Electors|§ 7-8-303. Right of nominee to be candidate for other office

 (a) The appearance on the general election ballot of the name of a party nominee for the office of President of the United States or Vice President of the United States in lieu of the names of the candidates for electors for the offices shall not limit or restrict the party nominee so named from being a candidate in his or her own right for any office to be filled at the general election.  (b) A person may be a candidate for President of the United States or Vice President of the United States and for the United States Senate or United States House of Representatives in the same primary and general election.
AR Code § 7-8-304 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 8 - Federal Elections|Subchapter 3 - Presidential Electors|§ 7-8-304. Delivery and canvass of returns — Tie vote

 (a) The county clerks of the several counties shall make, within eight (8) days next after holding the election as provided in § 7-8-302, three (3) copies of the abstract of the votes cast for electors by each political party or group as indicated by the voter as provided in § 7-8-302 by a cross in the square to the right of the bracket as specified in § 7-8-302 and transmit by mail one (1) of the copies to the Governor, transmit another to the office of the Secretary of State, and retain the third in his or her office to be sent for by the Governor in case both the others should be mislaid.  (b) Within twenty (20) days after the holding of the election, and sooner if all the returns are received by either the Governor or by the Secretary of State, the constitutional officers of this state, or any two (2) of them, shall proceed, in the presence of the Governor, to open and canvass the election returns and to declare which set of candidates for President of the United States and Vice President of the United States received the highest number of votes so cast, and the candidates' party's electors shall be taken and deemed to be elected as electors of President and Vice President.  (c) Should two (2) or more sets of candidates for President and Vice President be returned with an equal and the highest vote, the Secretary of State shall cause a notice to be published, which notice shall name some day and place not less than five (5) days from the time of the publication of the notice upon which the constitutional officers of this state will decide by lot which of the sets of candidates for President and Vice President so equal and highest shall be declared to be highest. Upon the day and at the place so appointed in the notice, the constitutional officers shall so decide by lot and declare which is deemed highest of the sets of candidates for President and Vice President so equal and highest, thereby determining only that the electors chosen as provided in this subchapter by the candidates' party or group are thereby elected by general ticket to be the electors.
AR Code § 7-8-305 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 8 - Federal Elections|Subchapter 3 - Presidential Electors|§ 7-8-305. Publication of results — Certification of election

 Within five (5) days after the votes shall have been canvassed and the results declared or the result declared by lot as provided in § 7-8-304, the Governor shall:   (1) Cause the result of the election to be published;  (2) Proclaim the persons composing the list so elected to be the electors of President of the United States and Vice President of the United States by mailing the electors a triplicate certificate of their appointment under the Seal of the State of Arkansas; and  (3) Transmit under the Seal of the State of Arkansas to the United States Secretary of State the certificate of the election of the electors as required by the laws of the United States Congress.
AR Code § 7-8-306 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 8 - Federal Elections|Subchapter 3 - Presidential Electors|§ 7-8-306. Voting by electors — Expenses

 (a) The electors, elected as provided in this subchapter, shall meet at the office of the Secretary of State, in a room to be designated by him or her in the State Capitol Building, at the time appointed by the laws of the United States at the hour of 10:00 a.m. of that day, and give their votes for President of the United States and for Vice President of the United States, in the manner provided in this subchapter, and perform such duties as are or may be required by law.  (b)  (1)  (A) Each elector shall serve without pay, but he or she is eligible for reimbursement by the Secretary of State for reasonable and necessary expenses to attend a meeting under subsection (a) of this section.  (B) An elector who is reimbursed for expenses under subdivision (b)(1)(A) of this section shall be reimbursed at the same rate prescribed for a state employee.    (2) Any person appointed by the electors assembled to fill a vacancy shall also receive the compensation provided for electors appointed.
AR Code § 7-8-307 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 8 - Federal Elections|Subchapter 3 - Presidential Electors|§ 7-8-307. Vacancy — Appointment — Exception

 In case any person duly elected an elector of President of the United States and Vice President of the United States shall fail to attend at the United States Capitol on the day on which his or her vote is required to be given, it shall be the duty of the electors of President and Vice President attending at the time and place to appoint persons to fill the vacancies. Should the person or persons chosen pursuant to this subchapter arrive at the place aforesaid before the votes for President and Vice President are actually given, the person or persons appointed to fill the vacancy shall not act as an elector of President and Vice President.
AR Code § 7-9-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 9 - Initiatives, Referenda, and Constitutional Amendments|Subchapter 1 - Petition and Election Procedure|§ 7-9-101. Definitions

 As used in this subchapter:   (1) “Act” means an act having general application throughout the state, whether originating in the General Assembly or proposed by the people;  (2) “Amendment” means an amendment to the Arkansas Constitution that is proposed by the people;  (3) “Canvasser” means a person who circulates an initiative or referendum petition or a part or parts of an initiative or referendum petition to obtain the signatures of petitioners thereto;  (4) “Election” means a regular general election at which state and county officers are elected for regular terms;  (5) “Measure” means an amendment, an act, or an ordinance;  (6) “Ordinance” means an ordinance of a municipality or county, whether originating in the legislative body of the municipality or county or proposed by the people;  (7) “Petition part” means a petition signature sheet containing the information required under § 7-9-104 or § 7-9-105;  (8) “Petitioner” means a person who signs an initiative or referendum petition ordering a vote on a measure;  (9) “Registered voter” means a person who is registered at the time of signing the petition pursuant to Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 51; and  (10) “Sponsor” means a person who arranges for the circulation of an initiative or referendum petition or who files an initiative or referendum petition with the official charged with verifying the signatures.
AR Code § 7-9-102 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 9 - Initiatives, Referenda, and Constitutional Amendments|Subchapter 1 - Petition and Election Procedure|§ 7-9-102. Duties of election officers — Penalty for failure to perform

 (a)  (1) The duties imposed by this act upon members of the State Board of Election Commissioners and county boards of election commissioners, election officials, and all other officers expressly named in this act are declared to be mandatory.  (2) These duties shall be performed in good faith within the time and in the manner provided.    (b)  (1) If any member of any board, any election official, or any other officer so charged with the duty shall knowingly and willfully fail or refuse to perform his or her duty or shall knowingly and willfully commit a fraud in evading the performance of his or her duty, then he or she shall be guilty of a violation.  (2) Upon conviction, he or she shall be fined any sum not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) and also shall be removed from office.
AR Code § 7-9-104 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 9 - Initiatives, Referenda, and Constitutional Amendments|Subchapter 1 - Petition and Election Procedure|§ 7-9-104. Form of initiative petition — Sufficiency of signatures

 (a) The petition for an ordinance, act, or amendment proposed by initiative shall be on substantially the following form:  (b) No additional sheets of voter signatures shall be attached to any petition unless the sheets contain the full language of the petition.  (c)  (1) The signature section of the petition shall be formatted and shall contain the number of signature lines prescribed by the Secretary of State.  (2) Before the circulation of a statewide petition for signatures, the sponsor shall file a printed petition part with the Secretary of State in the exact form that will be used for obtaining signatures.      “INITIATIVE PETITION To the Honorable Secretary of State of the State of Arkansas, or County Clerk, or City Clerk We, the undersigned registered voters of the State of Arkansas, or County, Arkansas, or City of , or Incorporated Town of , Arkansas (as the case may be), respectfully propose the following amendment to the Constitution of the State or act or ordinance (as the case may be), and by this, our petition, order that the same be submitted to the people of said state, or county, or municipality (as the case may be), to the end that the same may be adopted, enacted, or rejected by the vote of the registered voters of said (state, county, or municipality) at the regular general election to be held on the day of , 20 , and each of us for himself or herself says: I have personally signed this petition; I am a registered voter of the State of Arkansas, or County, Arkansas, or City of , or Incorporated Town of , Arkansas (as the case may be), and my printed name, date of birth, residence, city or town of residence, and date of signing this petition are correctly written after my signature. (Here insert popular name and ballot title of initiated measure.) (In the case of a proposed initiated act or ordinance, insert the following: BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS, OR COUNTY, ARKANSAS, OR CITY OF OR INCORPORATED TOWN OF , ARKANSAS (as the case may be)): (Here insert full text of initiated measure.)”   Click to view form.
AR Code § 7-9-106 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 9 - Initiatives, Referenda, and Constitutional Amendments|Subchapter 1 - Petition and Election Procedure|§ 7-9-106. Required attachments to petitions

 (a) To every petition for the initiative shall be attached a full and correct copy of the title and the measure proposed.  (b) To every petition for the referendum shall be attached a full and correct copy of the measure on which the referendum is ordered.
AR Code § 7-9-107 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 9 - Initiatives, Referenda, and Constitutional Amendments|Subchapter 1 - Petition and Election Procedure|§ 7-9-107. Filing of original draft before circulation

 (a) Before any initiative petition or referendum petition ordering a vote upon any amendment or act shall be circulated for obtaining signatures of petitioners, the sponsors shall file the original draft with the Secretary of State.  (b) The original draft shall include:  (1) The full text of the proposed measure;  (2) A ballot title for the proposed measure; and  (3) A popular name for the proposed measure.    (c) The Secretary of State shall return to the sponsor a file-marked copy of the original draft that shall serve as evidence that the original draft was filed in compliance with this section.  (d) The sponsor may begin circulating an initiative petition or referendum petition upon receipt of the file-marked copy under subsection (c) of this section.
AR Code § 7-9-108 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 9 - Initiatives, Referenda, and Constitutional Amendments|Subchapter 1 - Petition and Election Procedure|§ 7-9-108. Procedure for circulation of petition

 (a) Each initiative or referendum petition ordering a vote upon a measure having general application throughout the state shall be prepared and circulated in fifteen (15) or more parts or counterparts, and each shall be an exact copy or counterpart of all other such parts upon which signatures of petitioners are to be solicited. When a sufficient number of parts are signed by a requisite number of qualified electors and are filed and duly certified by the Secretary of State, they shall be treated and considered as one (1) petition.  (b) Each part of a petition shall have attached thereto the affidavit of the canvasser to the effect that the canvasser's current residence address appearing on the verification is correct, that all signatures appearing on the petition part were made in the presence of the affiant, and that to the best of the affiant's knowledge and belief each signature is genuine and each person signing is a registered voter.  (c) Preceding every petition, there shall be set out in boldface type, over the signature of the Attorney General, any instructions to canvassers and signers as may appear proper and beneficial informing them of the privileges granted by the Arkansas Constitution and of the penalties imposed for violations of this act. The instructions on penalties shall be in larger type than the other instructions.  (d) No part of any initiative or referendum petition shall contain signatures of petitioners from more than one (1) county.