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7-4-107. Duties of county board of election commissioners.
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7-4-107. Duties of county board of election commissioners.
(a) The county board of election commissioners shall:
(1) Ensure compliance with all legal requirements relating to the conduct of elections;
(2) Exercise its duties consistent with the training and materials provided by the State Board of Election Commissioners;
(3) Allocate a sufficient number of secure ballot boxes if voting is conducted using preprinted paper ballots for each polling site based on the number of votes cast at that polling site in the immediately preceding:
(A) Preferential primary election or general election if the election for which the secure ballot boxes are prepared is a preferential primary election or general election; and
(B) Special election if the election for which the secure ballot boxes are prepared is a special election;
(4) Allocate sufficient components of a voting system approved for use under § 7-5-301 for each polling site based on the number of votes cast at that polling site in the immediately preceding:
(A) Preferential primary election or general election if the election for which the components are prepared is a preferential primary election or general election; and
(B) Special election if the election for which the components are prepared is a special election; and
(5) Appoint the requisite number of election officials at each site where voters present themselves to vote to ensure that there is a sufficient number of election officials at each site, based upon the votes in the immediately preceding comparable election.
(b)(1) The county board of election commissioners shall select and appoint a sufficient number of election officials for each polling site as provided by subsection (a) of this section and perform the other duties prescribed not le
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 7-4-107
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7-4-107. Duties of county board of election commissioners.
(a) The county board of election commissioners shall:
(1) Ensure compliance with all legal requirements relating to the conduct of elections;
(2) Exercise its duties consistent with the training and materials provided by the State Board of Election Commissioners;
(3) Allocate a sufficient number of secure ballot boxes if voting is conducted using preprinted paper ballots for each polling site based on the number of votes cast at that polling site in the immediately preceding:
(A) Preferential primary election or general election if the election for which the secure ballot boxes are prepared is a preferential primary election or general election; and
(B) Special election if the election for which the secure ballot boxes are prepared is a special election;
(4) Allocate sufficient components of a voting system approved for use under § 7-5-301 for each polling site based on the number of votes cast at that polling site in the immediately preceding:
(A) Preferential primary election or general election if the election for which the components are prepared is a preferential primary election or general election; and
(B) Special election if the election for which the components are prepared is a special election; and
(5) Appoint the requisite number of election officials at each site where voters present themselves to vote to ensure that there is a sufficient number of election officials at each site, based upon the votes in the immediately preceding comparable election.
(b)(1) The county board of election commissioners shall select and appoint a sufficient number of election officials for each polling site as provided by subsection (a) of this section and perform the other duties prescribed not less than twenty (20) days preceding an election.
(2)(A) Each polling site shall have a minimum of two (2) election clerks, one (1) election judge, and one (1) election sheriff.
(B) The election judge shall serve as the poll supervisor.
(C)(i) All election officials at a polling site shall have completed training under § 7-4-109 within the twelve (12) months before the election.
(ii) The minority party election commissioner shall have the option to designate a number of election officials equal to one (1) less than the majority of election officials at each polling site, with a minimum of two (2) election officials at each polling site.
(iii) In the event that the county party representatives on the county board of election commissioners fail to agree upon any election official to fill an election post allotted to the respective party twenty (20) days before the election, the county board of election commissioners shall appoint the remaining election officials.
(c) The county board of election commissioners may permit election officials to work half-day or split shifts at the polls at any election so long as the requisite number of election officials is always present.
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7-4-109. Qualifications of state and county commissioners, election officials, poll workers, and certified election monitors.
(a)(1) A member of the State Board of Election Commissioners, a county election commissioner, and an election official shall be a qualified elector of this state, able to read and write the English language, and shall not have been found guilty or pleaded guilty or nolo contendere to the violation of an election law of this state.
(2) An election official, as defined in § 7-1-101, shall not be a candidate for an office to be filled at an election while serving as an election official.
(3) A member of the county board of election commissioners shall not be disqualified from serving as a member of the county board of election commissioners by the appearance on the ballot as a candidate for a position in his or her political party.
(b)(1) A member of a county board of election commissioners shall be a resident of the county in which he or she serves at the time of his or her appointment or election.
(2)(A) An election official shall be a resident of the precinct in which he or she serves at the time of his or her appointment.
(B) However, if at the time of posting election officials the county board of election commissioners votes unanimously and certifies to the county clerk that it is impossible to obtain a qualified election official from any precinct in the county, another qualified citizen of the county may be designated to serve in the precinct.
(C) An election coordinator, deputy clerk, or person assigned by a county clerk to conduct early voting does not have to be a resident of the precinct or county in which he or she serves.
(c)(1) A person who is a paid employee of a political party or of a candidate for office on that co
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 7-4-109
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 7-4-109. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.
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7-5-301. Acquisition, use, and cost of voting systems.
(a) The casting and counting of votes in all elections shall be by:
(1) Voting machines selected by the Secretary of State;
(2) Electronic vote tabulating devices in combination with voting machines accessible to voters with disabilities to be selected by the Secretary of State; or
(3) Paper ballots counted by hand in combination with voting machines accessible to voters with disabilities selected by the Secretary of State.
(b)(1) All direct recording electronic voting machines shall include a voter-verified paper audit trail.
(2) All direct recording electronic voting machines shall include a voter-verified paper audit trail.
(c)(1) The quorum court of each county shall choose by resolution a voting system containing voting machines or electronic vote tabulating devices, or both, or voting machines in combination with paper ballots counted by hand for use in all elections in the county.
(2) Any voting machine or electronic vote tabulating devices chosen by the quorum court shall be those selected by the Secretary of State.
(3) Any voting system used in elections for federal office shall comply with the requirements of the federal Help America Vote Act of 2002.
(d)(1) Voting machines and electronic vote tabulating devices shall be purchased pursuant to a competitive bidding process with consideration given to:
(A) Price;
(B) Quality; and
(C) Adaptability to Arkansas ballot requirements.
(2)(A) The Secretary of State shall establish guidelines and procedures for a grant program to distribute funds from the County Voting System Grant Fund, § 19-5-1247.
(B) A grant provided to a county from the County Voting System Grant Fund, § 19-5-1247, shall be paid into the county treasury to the cred
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 7-5-301
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 7-5-301. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.