Arkansas Code Title 7, Chapter 9, 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...
• § 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...
• § 7-9-303 - Apportionment of Delegates -- Vacancies.
  (a) The basis for representation in any constitutional convention called as a result of an affirmative vote on the calling of a constitutional convention...
• § 7-9-304 - Nominating Petitions.
  (a) (1) Every person desiring to be elected as a delegate from a particular House of Representatives district shall file a nominating petition with...
• § 7-9-305 - Election and Certification of Delegates.
  (a) The county board of election commissioners shall include on the general election ballots the names of all candidates for delegate to the constitutional...
• § 7-9-306 - Organizational Meeting -- Plenary Meeting.
  (a) Whenever a majority of the electors vote affirmatively to call a constitutional convention, it shall be the duty of the delegates elected as...
• § 7-9-307 - Meeting Procedures.
  (a) A majority of the delegates shall constitute a quorum, and a majority of the total number of delegates shall be required for approval...
• § 7-9-308 - Duration of Constitutional Convention -- Certification of Draft Constitution -- Report.
  (a) The constitutional convention shall remain in session as long as is required to transact its business and to meet its responsibilities, but not...
• § 7-9-309 - Method of Publication.
  (a) Publication of a proposed new constitution by a constitutional convention called by the people of the state at a general election shall be...
• § 7-9-310 - Submission of Proposed Constitution to Electors.
  (a) The constitutional convention may submit a new constitution as one (1) proposal to be voted on by the people, and it may submit...
• § 7-9-311 - Proposal of Amendments to Present Constitution.
  The constitutional convention, if it shall not propose a new constitution, may propose one (1) or more amendments to the present constitution to be...
• § 7-9-312 - Expenses.
  (a) The appropriation to defray the expenses of any constitutional convention which may be called after a vote of the people shall be made...

Last modified: November 15, 2016