Arkansas Administrative Code › Agency 108 - BOARD OF ELECTION COMMISSIONERS › Rule 108.00.05-002 - Amendment to Rules for Reimbursement of Expenses for State-Funded Elections

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 6, June, 2024
Scope of Rules
These rules set forth general procedures for reimbursing counties
			 for election expenses related to state-funded elections. These rules are in
			 addition to and not a substitute for the laws of the State of Arkansas.
§ 500
Definitions
(a)
Candidate
- any
		  individual who has knowingly and willingly taken affirmative action, including
		  solicitation of funds, for the purpose of seeking nomination for or election to
		  any public office.
(b)
Canvassing
- examining and counting the returns of
		  votes cast at a public election to determine authenticity.
(c)
Constitutional Officers of
		  this State
- the offices of the Governor, Lieutenant Governor,
		  Secretary of State, Attorney General, Auditor of State, Treasurer of State, and
		  Commissioner of State Lands.
(d)
County Board of Election Commissioners
- the
		  three-member board in each of the 75 counties in this State responsible for
		  conducting elections within its respective county and comprised of the county
		  chair of the county committee of the majority party or the person elected by
		  the county committee to serve in his or her stead, the county chair of the
		  county committee of the minority party or the person elected by the county
		  committee to serve in his or her stead, and a third member appointed by the
		  State Board of Election Commissioners from a certified list of five nominees
		  submitted by the county committee of the majority party.
(e)
Election
		  Expenses
- costs incurred by a county for conducting a
		  state-funded election including election officials pay, part-time help pay,
		  mileage expenses, election commissioners pay, polling place supply costs, set
		  up and programming costs, ballot printing costs, legal advertising costs,
		  cleaning expenses, and certified trainer pay as specified in the reimbursement
		  rules and guidelines established by the State Board of Election
		  Commissioners.
(f)
Election Official
- a person who is a member of the
		  county board of election commissioners or a person who is a poll worker
		  designated by a county board of election commissioners to be an election clerk,
		  election judge, or election sheriff.
(g)
Electronic Vote Tabulating
		  Device
- device used to electronically scan a marked paper ballot
		  for the purposes of tabulation.
(h)
Majority Party
- the political party in the State of
		  Arkansas whose candidates were elected to a majority of the constitutional
		  offices of the state in the last preceding general election.
(i)
Minority Party
-
		  the political party whose candidates were elected to less than a majority of
		  the constitutional offices of this state in the last preceding general election
		  or the political party which polled the second greatest number of votes for the
		  office of Governor in the last preceding general election, if all of the
		  elected constitutional officers of this state are from a single political
		  party.
(j)
Nonpartisan
		  Judicial General Election
- the regular biennial election for
		  election of Justice of the Supreme Court, Judge of the Court of Appeals,
		  circuit judge, and district judge.
(k)
Off-site Early
		  Voting
- additional early voting polling sites outside the county
		  clerk's office.
(l)
Political Party
- any group of votes which at the last
		  preceding general election polled for its candidate for Governor in the state
		  or nominees for presidential electors at least three (3%) of the entire vote
		  cast for the office.
(m)
Polling Site
- a location selected by the county board
		  of election commissioners where votes are cast.
(n)
Primary Election
- any election held by a political party in the manner provided by law for the
		  purpose of selecting nominees of the political party for certification as
		  candidates for election at any general or special election in this
		  state.
(o)
Public
		  meeting
- any gathering consistent with the definition established
		  under the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act.
p)
Special election
- any specially scheduled election to fill vacancies or to approve any
		  measure.
q)
State-funded elections
- preferential primary
		  elections, general primary elections, special primary elections, nonpartisan
		  judicial general elections, and statewide special elections.
r)
Voting machine
-
		  a direct recording electronic voting machine that records votes by means of a
		  ballot display provided with mechanical or electro-optical components that may
		  be actuated by the voter, processes the data by means of a computer program,
		  records voting data and ballot images in internal and external memory
		  components, and produces a tabulation of the voting data stored in a removable
		  memory component and in a printed copy. "Voting machine" also includes any
		  electronic device for marking a paper ballot to be electronically
		  scanned.
s)
Voting
		  system
- the total combination of mechanical, electromechanical,
		  or electronic equipment, including the software, firmware, and documentation
		  required to program, control, and support the equipment that is used to define
		  ballots, to cast and count votes, to report or display election results, and to
		  maintain and produce any audit trail information. "Voting system" also includes
		  the practices and documentation used to identify system components and versions
		  of components; test the system during its development and maintenance; maintain
		  records of system errors and defects; determine specific system changes to be
		  made to a system after the initial qualification of the system; and make
		  available any materials to the voter, including, but not limited to, notices,
		  instructions, forms, or paper ballots.