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3-8-811. Count of signatures.
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3-8-811. Count of signatures.
(a) Upon the initial filing of a petition under this subchapter, the official charged with verifying the signatures shall:
(1) Perform an initial count of the signatures; and
(2) Determine whether the petition contains, on its face and before verification of the signatures of registered voters, the designated number of signatures required by the Arkansas Constitution and statutory law in order to call an election.
(b) A petition part and all signatures appearing on the petition part shall not be counted for any purpose by the official charged with verifying the signatures, including the initial count of signatures, if one (1) or more of the following is true:
(1) The petition is not an original petition, including without limitation a petition that is photocopied or is a facsimile transmission;
(2) The petition lacks the signature, printed name, and residence address of the canvasser or is signed by more than one (1) canvasser;
(3)(A) The canvasser is a paid canvasser whose name and the information required under § 3-8-802 were not submitted by the sponsor to the county clerk before the petitioner signed the petition.
(B) A canvasser is a paid canvasser if he or she is paid money or anything of value for soliciting signatures before or after the signatures are obtained;
(4) The canvasser verification is not notarized, is notarized by more than one (1) notary, or lacks a notary signature or a notary seal;
(5) The canvasser verification is dated earlier than the date on which a petitioner signed the petition;
(6) The petition part clearly and unmistakably contains signatures of petitioners from more than one (1) county unless each signature of a petitioner from another county is clearly stricken before the filing of the
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 3-8-811
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3-8-811. Count of signatures.
(a) Upon the initial filing of a petition under this subchapter, the official charged with verifying the signatures shall:
(1) Perform an initial count of the signatures; and
(2) Determine whether the petition contains, on its face and before verification of the signatures of registered voters, the designated number of signatures required by the Arkansas Constitution and statutory law in order to call an election.
(b) A petition part and all signatures appearing on the petition part shall not be counted for any purpose by the official charged with verifying the signatures, including the initial count of signatures, if one (1) or more of the following is true:
(1) The petition is not an original petition, including without limitation a petition that is photocopied or is a facsimile transmission;
(2) The petition lacks the signature, printed name, and residence address of the canvasser or is signed by more than one (1) canvasser;
(3)(A) The canvasser is a paid canvasser whose name and the information required under § 3-8-802 were not submitted by the sponsor to the county clerk before the petitioner signed the petition.
(B) A canvasser is a paid canvasser if he or she is paid money or anything of value for soliciting signatures before or after the signatures are obtained;
(4) The canvasser verification is not notarized, is notarized by more than one (1) notary, or lacks a notary signature or a notary seal;
(5) The canvasser verification is dated earlier than the date on which a petitioner signed the petition;
(6) The petition part clearly and unmistakably contains signatures of petitioners from more than one (1) county unless each signature of a petitioner from another county is clearly stricken before the filing of the petition with the county clerk; or
(7) The petition part has a material defect that, on its face, renders the petition part invalid.
(c) The following signatures shall not be counted for any purpose by the official charged with verifying the signatures, including the initial count of signatures:
(1) A signature that is not an original signature;
(2) A signature that is obviously not that of the purported petitioner;
(3) A signature that is illegible and is accompanied by no personally identifying information;
(4) A signature for which the corresponding printed name, address, or birthdate is written by someone other than the signer except under circumstances of disability of the signer; and
(5) A signature that has any other material defect that, on its face, renders the signature invalid.
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Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
3-8-802. Hiring and training of paid canvassers.
(a)(1) A person shall not provide money or anything of value to another person for obtaining signatures on a local option election petition unless the person receiving the money or item of value meets the requirements of this section.
(2) Before a signature is solicited by a paid canvasser, the sponsor shall:
(A) Explain the Arkansas law applicable to obtaining signatures on a local option election petition to the canvasser; and
(B)(i) Provide a complete list of all paid canvassers' names and current residential addresses to the county clerk.
(ii) If additional paid canvassers agree to solicit signatures on behalf of a sponsor after the complete list is provided, the sponsor shall provide an updated list of all paid canvassers' names and current residential addresses to the county clerk.
(b) Before obtaining a signature on a local option election petition as a paid canvasser, a person shall submit in person or by mail to the sponsor:
(1) The full name and any assumed name of the person;
(2) The current residence address of the person and the person's permanent domicile address if the person's permanent domicile address is different from the person's current residence address;
(3) A signed statement taken under oath or solemn affirmation that states that the person has not pleaded guilty or nolo contendere to or been found guilty of a criminal offense involving a violation of the election laws, fraud, forgery, or identification theft in any state;
(4) A signed statement that the person has read and understands the Arkansas law applicable to obtaining signatures on a local option election petition; and
(5) A photograph of the person taken within ninety (90) days of the submission of the information req
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 3-8-802
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 3-8-802. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.