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6-14-115. Return, canvass, and appeal — Filing.
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6-14-115. Return, canvass, and appeal — Filing.
(a)(1) The certification of a school district's election shall be conducted as follows:
(A) At the close of an election under § 6-14-111(a)(2), the election officials at each polling place or at the place of central tabulation shall make a return of the votes, certify the return, and file the certification with the county board of election commissioners of the county in which the school district is domiciled for administrative purposes;
(B) The county board of election commissioners of the county in which the school district is domiciled for administrative purposes shall:
(i) Deliver the duplicate certified copy of each polling site's election results to the county clerk;
(ii) Declare preliminary and unofficial results of the county's election as soon as they are available; and
(iii) No earlier than forty-eight (48) hours and no later than fifteen (15) days after the election, proceed to ascertain and declare the results of the election and file the certification of election with the county clerk; and
(C) At the close of an election conducted under § 6-14-111(a)(3), the election officials at each polling place or at the place of central tabulation shall follow the general election procedures under § 7-5-527. Once the county board of election commissioners has certified the county's election results, the county board of election commissioners shall:
(i) No earlier than forty-eight (48) hours and no later than fifteen (15) days after the election, file the certification of the election results with the county clerk; and
(ii) File a certified copy of the results of any school district not domiciled for administrative purposes in the county with the county clerk of the county in which the school district is d
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 6-14-115
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6-14-115. Return, canvass, and appeal — Filing.
(a)(1) The certification of a school district's election shall be conducted as follows:
(A) At the close of an election under § 6-14-111(a)(2), the election officials at each polling place or at the place of central tabulation shall make a return of the votes, certify the return, and file the certification with the county board of election commissioners of the county in which the school district is domiciled for administrative purposes;
(B) The county board of election commissioners of the county in which the school district is domiciled for administrative purposes shall:
(i) Deliver the duplicate certified copy of each polling site's election results to the county clerk;
(ii) Declare preliminary and unofficial results of the county's election as soon as they are available; and
(iii) No earlier than forty-eight (48) hours and no later than fifteen (15) days after the election, proceed to ascertain and declare the results of the election and file the certification of election with the county clerk; and
(C) At the close of an election conducted under § 6-14-111(a)(3), the election officials at each polling place or at the place of central tabulation shall follow the general election procedures under § 7-5-527. Once the county board of election commissioners has certified the county's election results, the county board of election commissioners shall:
(i) No earlier than forty-eight (48) hours and no later than fifteen (15) days after the election, file the certification of the election results with the county clerk; and
(ii) File a certified copy of the results of any school district not domiciled for administrative purposes in the county with the county clerk of the county in which the school district is domiciled for administrative purposes.
(2) Based on the certified election results of each county conducting a school district's annual school election, the county clerk or his or her designee shall deliver to the person having the highest number of legal votes:
(A) A certificate of election;
(B) Notice of the requirement for a director elected to an initial or nonconsecutive term that he or she must subscribe to the director's oath under § 6-13-617;
(C) The date the ten (10) days to have the oath administered expires;
(D) A list of the individuals qualified to administer the oath under § 21-2-105;
(E) A copy of the director's oath with spaces for the date, the signature of the director, and the signature of the administrator of the oath; and
(F) Notice that the individual cannot assume the duties of a director until a copy of the administration of the oath is received by the county clerk or his or her designee.
(b) The county clerk of the county in which the school district is domiciled for administrative purposes shall file the following with the county clerk of each nondomicile county in which any part of the school district lies:
(1) Certified copies of the certified results of the election from each county; and
(2) Certification of the outcome of each race or issue on the school district's ballot.
(c) The county clerk of the county in which the school district is domiciled for administrative purposes shall submit to the Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education no later than five (5) days following the requirements set forth in subsection (a) of this section:
(1) Copies of the certified election results of the election of each county; and
(2) A certification of the outcome of each race or issue on the school district's ballot and the text of each issue.
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21-2-105. Administration of oaths generally.
(a)(1) The Governor shall take the oath of office before:
(A) A justice or judge of the:
(i) Supreme Court;
(ii) Court of Appeals; or
(iii) Circuit court;
(B) The county clerk; or
(C) The clerk of the circuit court.
(2) The justices of the Supreme Court, judges of the Court of Appeals, judges of the circuit courts, judges of the district court, Secretary of State, Treasurer of State, and Auditor of State shall take their oaths before:
(A) The Governor;
(B) A justice or judge of the:
(i) Supreme Court;
(ii) Court of Appeals; or
(iii) Circuit court;
(C) The clerk of the county court; or
(D) The clerk of the circuit court.
(3) All other officers, both civil and military, shall take their oaths before:
(A) The Secretary of State or his or her official designee;
(B) A justice or judge of the:
(i) Supreme Court;
(ii) Court of Appeals;
(iii) Circuit court;
(iv) District court; or
(v) County court;
(C) The clerk of the county court;
(D) The clerk of the circuit court;
(E) A justice of the peace;
(F) A clerk of a city of the first class; or
(G) A recorder of a city of the second class or incorporated town.
(b) However, if the officer is serving in or with the United States Armed Forces, he or she may take the oath of office before any commissioned officer in active service of the United States Armed Forces with the rank of second lieutenant or higher in the United States Army, United States Air Force, or United States Marine Corps, or ensign or higher in the United States Navy or United States Coast Guard.
(c) The oath shall not be rendered invalid by failure to recite a venue or to state the place of execution of the oath, nor is a special form of jurat of affidavit or any a
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 21-2-105
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6-13-617. Oath.
(a)(1) Each director elected for an initial or nonconsecutive term of office shall, within ten (10) days after receiving notice from the county clerk or his or her designee of his or her election or within ten (10) days after receiving notice from the county clerk or his or her designee of his or her appointment, subscribe to the following oath before an individual authorized to administer oaths under § 21-2-105:
“I, , do hereby solemnly swear or affirm, that I will support the United States Constitution and the Arkansas Constitution, and that I will not be interested, directly or indirectly, in any contract made by the district of which I am a director, except as permitted by state law and that I will faithfully discharge the duties as school director in School District upon which I am about to enter.
Director's Signature
Administrator's Signature
Date”.
(2)(A) After the oath is administered, the director shall submit a certification of the administration of the oath to the county clerk or his or her designee.
(B) The certification of the administration of the oath shall contain:
(i) A copy of the oath;
(ii) The director's signature;
(iii) The administrator's signature; and
(iv) The date.
(b)(1) The county clerk, upon receipt of the certification of the administration of the oath prescribed for a director, shall immediately commission such persons, and they shall enter at once upon their duties as directors.
(2) By the close of business of the day following the receipt of the certification of the administration of the oath, the county clerk or his or her designee shall notify the superintendent of the school district by phone that the individual has subscribed to the director's oath and shall send a copy of the certific
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 6-13-617
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6-14-111. Candidate filing procedures.
(a)(1) All candidate filings under this subchapter shall be with the county clerk of the county in which the school district is domiciled for administrative purposes.
(2)(A)(i) In a special school election or an annual school election not held with the preferential primary or general election, all actions required of county boards of election commissioners shall be performed by the county board of election commissioners of the county in which the school district is domiciled for administrative purposes.
(ii) However, if one of that school district's nondomicile counties is holding a special election on the same date as a school election and at least one (1) qualified elector in the county is eligible to vote in both the special election and the school election, each county in which the school district has territory shall conduct the school district's school election as if it were held with the preferential primary or general election.
(B) When a county clerk of a school district's nondomicile county becomes aware that a special election will be held on the same date as a school district's annual or special school election and at least one (1) qualified elector in the county is eligible to vote in both the special election and the school election, the county clerk of the nondomicile county shall immediately notify the county clerk of the county in which the school district is domiciled for administrative purposes in writing that the school district's school election shall be conducted under subdivision (a)(3) of this section.
(C) The county clerk of the county in which the school district is domiciled for administrative purposes shall then immediately notify the county clerks of any other nondomicile counties that the scho
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 6-14-111
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7-5-527. Exposure of count — Verification — Return record — Official signatures.
(a) The poll workers shall then expose the count in the presence of all persons authorized to be present.
(b) It is the intention of this section to accord a full, complete, and public view of the count from each voting machine to all poll workers and designated watchers for the candidates or parties.
(c)(1) The poll worker shall proceed to produce the result record in a minimum of three (3) copies.
(2)(A) The result record shall be deemed the official count for that machine.
(B) One (1) copy of the completed return record for that machine shall be posted upon the wall of the polling room for all to see.
(d) The poll workers shall sign the machine return record produced by the device.
(e)(1) The activation device used to collect votes from each voting machine and all certified result records shall be placed in a package that shall be sealed and signed by all the poll workers and any watchers that may desire to affix a signature.
(2)(A) The sealed package shall be immediately returned to the county board of election commissioners by one (1) of the poll workers selected for this purpose, accompanied by those other poll workers and watchers who desire to join the poll worker.
(B) The poll worker shall obtain a receipt for the sealed package.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 7-5-527
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 7-5-527. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.