Arkansas Code Title 7, Chapter 5, Subchapter 6 - Paper Ballots and Electronic Vote Tabulating Devices

• § 7-5-601 - Paper Ballots -- Form.
  (a) All paper ballots provided by the county board of election commissioners of any county in this state for any election shall be alike...
• § 7-5-602 - Ballots -- Number -- Official -- Marking Device -- Spoiled.
  (a) (1) The county board of election commissioners of each county in this state using paper ballots counted by hand at the polling site,...
• § 7-5-603 - Counting Paper Ballots At the Polling Site.
  When paper ballots are to be counted at the polling site, the following procedures shall be followed: (1) (A) In counting the ballots, the...
• § 7-5-604 - Authorization -- Election Laws Applicable.
  (a) Paper ballot voting systems that include electronic vote tabulating devices may be used in elections, provided that the systems shall: (1) Enable the...
• § 7-5-605 - [Repealed.]
• § 7-5-606 - Approval of Equipment -- Specifications.
  (a) The State Board of Election Commissioners may promulgate rules for the administration of this subchapter and shall approve the marking devices and electronic...
• § 7-5-607 - Arrangement of Polling Place.
  In precincts where an electronic vote tabulating device is used, sufficient space shall be provided for the use of the device, and it shall...
• § 7-5-608 - [Repealed.]
• § 7-5-609 - Spoiled Ballots.
  Any voter who spoils his or her ballot or makes an error may return it to the election officials and mark another, not to...
• § 7-5-610 - Write-In Ballots.
  In all elections in which write-in candidacies are allowed, the ballot shall permit electors to submit the names of persons who have qualified as...
• § 7-5-611 - Preparation of Electronic Vote Tabulating Devices -- Test -- Disposition of Voting Materials.
  (a) (1) The county board of election commissioners, with respect to all elections, shall cause the electronic vote tabulating devices used for voting to...
• § 7-5-612 - [Repealed.]
• § 7-5-613 - Counting Ballots and Write-In Votes.
  In precincts where an electronic vote tabulating device is used, as soon as the polls are closed: (1) The poll workers shall compare the...
• § 7-5-614 - Locations for Vote Tabulation -- Procedures.
  For the tabulation of votes of a precinct by electronic vote tabulating devices at a central counting location: (1) (A) The poll workers shall...
• § 7-5-615 - Tabulation of Votes -- Defective Ballots -- Certification of Returns.
  (a) The counting of votes by electronic vote tabulating devices at the courthouse or other central counting location shall be open to the public,...
• § 7-5-616 - Penalty.
  A person who violates this subchapter shall be subject to the same fine and imprisonment as provided by law for violating the comparable provisions...

Last modified: November 15, 2016