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14-43-307. Election of council members at large or by ward.
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14-43-307. Election of council members at large or by ward.
(a)(1) Candidates for the office of council member in cities of the first class shall reside in the ward from which they seek to be elected and shall run at large.
(2)(A) All of the qualified electors of these cities shall be entitled to vote in the election.
(B)(i)(a) Except as provided under subsection (b) of this section, provisions shall be made by the election commissioners in these cities so that the qualified electors of each ward shall have at least one (1) voting site in each ward where the resident electors thereof may cast their ballots.
(b) The county board of election commissioners may reduce the number of voting sites in a city of the first class by unanimous vote if:
(1) In the most recent federal decennial census the city has a population of five thousand (5,000) or less; and
(2) The county in which the city is situated has established vote centers under § 7-5-101.
(ii) Cities of the second class that elect their council members citywide may have one (1) public place only for holding elections.
(b)(1)(A) The city council of any such city or the governing body of any city in transition to the mayor-council form of government may provide by ordinance that all council members be elected by ward, in which event each council member shall be voted upon by the qualified electors of the ward from which he or she is a candidate.
(B)(i) When so provided by city ordinance, the name of the candidate shall appear upon the ballot only in the ward in which he or she is a candidate.
(ii) The city council of these cities may provide for the election of one (1) council member from each ward citywide and the other council members from each ward by the voters of the ward only.
(2) All such cit
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 14-43-307
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14-43-307. Election of council members at large or by ward.
(a)(1) Candidates for the office of council member in cities of the first class shall reside in the ward from which they seek to be elected and shall run at large.
(2)(A) All of the qualified electors of these cities shall be entitled to vote in the election.
(B)(i)(a) Except as provided under subsection (b) of this section, provisions shall be made by the election commissioners in these cities so that the qualified electors of each ward shall have at least one (1) voting site in each ward where the resident electors thereof may cast their ballots.
(b) The county board of election commissioners may reduce the number of voting sites in a city of the first class by unanimous vote if:
(1) In the most recent federal decennial census the city has a population of five thousand (5,000) or less; and
(2) The county in which the city is situated has established vote centers under § 7-5-101.
(ii) Cities of the second class that elect their council members citywide may have one (1) public place only for holding elections.
(b)(1)(A) The city council of any such city or the governing body of any city in transition to the mayor-council form of government may provide by ordinance that all council members be elected by ward, in which event each council member shall be voted upon by the qualified electors of the ward from which he or she is a candidate.
(B)(i) When so provided by city ordinance, the name of the candidate shall appear upon the ballot only in the ward in which he or she is a candidate.
(ii) The city council of these cities may provide for the election of one (1) council member from each ward citywide and the other council members from each ward by the voters of the ward only.
(2) All such cities choosing to elect all council members by wards or in part by wards shall provide, in the manner provided by law, for the establishment of wards of substantially equal population in order that each council member elected from each ward shall represent substantially the same number of people in the city.
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7-5-101. Precinct boundaries, polling sites, and vote centers — Establishment and alteration.
(a)(1) The county board of election commissioners shall:
(A) Establish election precincts; and
(B)(i) Designate a polling site for each precinct.
(ii) A polling site may serve two (2) or more precincts, including parts of precincts.
(2) Except as provided in § 6-14-106, the designation of polling sites shall be by a unanimous vote of the members of the county board of election commissioners present.
(b)(1) The county board of election commissioners by order may alter the boundaries of existing election precincts and establish new ones.
(2) A precinct shall not be altered and a new precinct shall not be created less than sixty (60) days before an election except in the event of an emergency as determined by unanimous vote of the county board of election commissioners.
(3)(A) Except as provided in subdivision (b)(3)(B) of this section, if more than three thousand (3,000) voters are registered in a precinct, the county board of election commissioners shall redistrict the precinct at least one hundred twenty (120) days before the election.
(B) If the number of registered voters in the precinct exceeds three thousand (3,000) registered voters during or after the one hundred twenty (120) days before an election, the county board of election commissioners shall redistrict the precinct at least one hundred twenty (120) days before the next election.
(4)(A) An order to alter the boundaries of any precinct or establish any new one shall not be effective until it has been filed with the county clerk.
(B) The order shall contain:
(i) A written description of the boundaries of the precinct;
(ii) A printed map of the boundaries of the precincts altered or establishe
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 7-5-101
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