Arkansas Code § 14-43-308 - Residence Qualifications of Aldermen in Primaries

(a) (1) In all primaries held in any city of the first class by any organized political party, the candidates for nomination for the office of alderman shall reside in their respective wards.

(2) All qualified electors residing in these cities and entitled to vote in the primaries shall have the right to vote at their several voting precincts for each and every candidate so to be nominated.

(b) (1) The city council is authorized and empowered to provide, by ordinance, that the candidate shall only be voted upon by qualified voters of the ward who are entitled to vote in the primary from which the person is a candidate.

(2) When so provided by ordinance, any of the candidates in such a case shall appear upon the ballot only in the ward in which he or she is a candidate.

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