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13-4-306. Voter registration and election records.
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13-4-306. Voter registration and election records.
All counties shall maintain county voter registration and election records for the county as follows, if the records are currently being:
(1) Maintained permanently:
(A) Voter registration record files;
(B) Maps of election precincts from the county board of election commissioners;
(C) Certificates of election; and
(D) Ordinance election results; and
(2)(A) Maintained for ten (10) years, after canceled, a person's voter registration record and reason for cancellation of a person's voter registration.
(B) Maintained for ten (10) years:
(i) Minutes of the board of election commissioners; and
(ii) Election files.
(C) Maintained for five (5) years:
(i) Petition, certificate, and notices for ordinance;
(ii) Political practice pledges;
(iii) Campaign contribution and expenditure sheets;
(iv) Code of ethics statements; and
(v) Financial disclosures.
(D) Maintained for two (2) years:
(i) Acknowledgement notices giving the disposition of a person's voter registration application;
(ii) Precinct voter registration lists prepared for each election;
(iii) Confirmation notices mailed by a county clerk to confirm a voter's change of residence or name;
(iv) Confirmation return cards received in response to a confirmation notice;
(v) Absentee ballot applications and lists, except where litigation follows or federal law governs; and
(vi) Voter registration cards; and
(E) Until an election is certified to the Secretary of State under § 7-5-701, all unused ballots.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 13-4-306
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13-4-306. Voter registration and election records.
All counties shall maintain county voter registration and election records for the county as follows, if the records are currently being:
(1) Maintained permanently:
(A) Voter registration record files;
(B) Maps of election precincts from the county board of election commissioners;
(C) Certificates of election; and
(D) Ordinance election results; and
(2)(A) Maintained for ten (10) years, after canceled, a person's voter registration record and reason for cancellation of a person's voter registration.
(B) Maintained for ten (10) years:
(i) Minutes of the board of election commissioners; and
(ii) Election files.
(C) Maintained for five (5) years:
(i) Petition, certificate, and notices for ordinance;
(ii) Political practice pledges;
(iii) Campaign contribution and expenditure sheets;
(iv) Code of ethics statements; and
(v) Financial disclosures.
(D) Maintained for two (2) years:
(i) Acknowledgement notices giving the disposition of a person's voter registration application;
(ii) Precinct voter registration lists prepared for each election;
(iii) Confirmation notices mailed by a county clerk to confirm a voter's change of residence or name;
(iv) Confirmation return cards received in response to a confirmation notice;
(v) Absentee ballot applications and lists, except where litigation follows or federal law governs; and
(vi) Voter registration cards; and
(E) Until an election is certified to the Secretary of State under § 7-5-701, all unused ballots.
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7-5-701. Declaration of results — Certification, delivery, and custody of returns.
(a)(1) No earlier than forty-eight (48) hours after the election and no later than the fifteenth calendar day after the election, the county board of election commissioners, from the certificates and ballots received from the several precincts, shall proceed to ascertain, declare, and certify the result of the election to the Secretary of State.
(2) Unopposed candidates, other than candidates for mayor, governor, city clerk, and circuit clerk, shall be separately declared and certified to the Secretary of State as elected in the same manner as if the candidate had been voted upon at the election.
(3)(A) As results are received and tabulated on election night for all state and federal elections, the county board of election commissioners shall declare preliminary and unofficial results of the election as soon as early voting, absentee, or individual precinct results are tabulated on election night and immediately shall transmit the results by precinct to the Secretary of State through the election night reporting interface provided by the Secretary of State.
(B) The county board of election commissioners may, by agreement with the county clerk, transmit the results to the county clerk who immediately shall transmit the results by precinct to the Secretary of State under subdivision (a)(3)(A) of this section.
(C) On election night for all state and federal elections, immediately after the count of the vote is complete, the county board of election commissioners shall:
(i) Declare preliminary and unofficial results of the election, including a statement of the number of outstanding:
(a) Ballots of voters who requested ballots under the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee V
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 7-5-701
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