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7-4-117. Election poll workers program for college students.
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7-4-117. Election poll workers program for college students.
(a)(1) The county board of election commissioners may conduct an election day program for college students in one (1) or more polling places designated by the county board of election commissioners.
(2)(A) The college students shall be selected by the county board of election commissioners from any two-year or four-year college or university in the state.
(B) The county board of election commissioners shall work in cooperation with the student government associations of the colleges and universities in selecting the students for the program and conducting seminars concerning election procedures for students interested in the program.
(3)(A) A college student selected for this program who has not reached his or her eighteenth birthday by the election day in which he or she is participating shall be called an election page.
(B) A college student selected for this program who has reached his or her eighteenth birthday by the election day in which he or she is participating and meets the qualifications in § 7-4-109 shall be an election official.
(b) The program shall:
(1) Be designed to stimulate the students' interest in elections and in registering to vote;
(2) Provide assistance to the officers of the election; and
(3) Assist in the safe entry and exit of elderly voters and voters with disabilities from the polling place.
(c)(1) Each student selected as an election page shall:
(A) Serve under the direct supervision of the election officials at his or her assigned polling place; and
(B) Observe strict impartiality at all times.
(2) An election page may observe the electoral process and seek information from the election officers but shall not handle or touch ballots, voting machines, or
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 7-4-117
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7-4-117. Election poll workers program for college students.
(a)(1) The county board of election commissioners may conduct an election day program for college students in one (1) or more polling places designated by the county board of election commissioners.
(2)(A) The college students shall be selected by the county board of election commissioners from any two-year or four-year college or university in the state.
(B) The county board of election commissioners shall work in cooperation with the student government associations of the colleges and universities in selecting the students for the program and conducting seminars concerning election procedures for students interested in the program.
(3)(A) A college student selected for this program who has not reached his or her eighteenth birthday by the election day in which he or she is participating shall be called an election page.
(B) A college student selected for this program who has reached his or her eighteenth birthday by the election day in which he or she is participating and meets the qualifications in § 7-4-109 shall be an election official.
(b) The program shall:
(1) Be designed to stimulate the students' interest in elections and in registering to vote;
(2) Provide assistance to the officers of the election; and
(3) Assist in the safe entry and exit of elderly voters and voters with disabilities from the polling place.
(c)(1) Each student selected as an election page shall:
(A) Serve under the direct supervision of the election officials at his or her assigned polling place; and
(B) Observe strict impartiality at all times.
(2) An election page may observe the electoral process and seek information from the election officers but shall not handle or touch ballots, voting machines, or any other official election materials or enter any voting booth.
(3) An election page shall be in a volunteer position and shall not receive any compensation for performing his or her duties.
(4) Before beginning any duties, an election page shall take, before an election official, the following oath:
“I, , do swear that I will perform the duties of an election page of this election according to law and to the best of my abilities, and that I will studiously endeavor to prevent fraud, deceit, and abuse, and that I will not disclose how any voter shall have voted unless required to do so as a witness in a judicial proceeding or a proceeding to contest an election.”
(d)(1) Each student selected to be an election official shall:
(A) Take the oath of the election officials in § 7-4-110;
(B) Serve under the supervision of the appropriate county board of election commissioners; and
(C) Observe strict impartiality at all times.
(2) A college student selected to be an election official shall be compensated according to § 7-4-112.
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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
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7-4-110. Oath of election officers.
(a) The election officials, before entering on their duties, shall take, before some person authorized by law to administer oaths, the following oath:
“I, , do swear that I will perform the duties of an election official of this election according to law and to the best of my abilities, and that I will studiously endeavor to prevent fraud, deceit, and abuse in conducting the same, and that I will not disclose how any voter shall have voted, unless required to do so as a witness in a judicial proceeding or a proceeding to contest an election.”
(b) In case there shall be no person present at the opening of any election authorized to administer oaths, it shall be lawful for the election officials to administer the oath to each other, and the election officials shall have full power and authority to administer all oaths that may be necessary in conducting any election.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 7-4-110
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7-4-112. Compensation of election officials.
(a) Except as provided under subsection (c) of this section, an election official shall receive a minimum of the prevailing federal minimum wage for holding an election, or such greater amount as may be appropriated.
(b) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section and in addition to compensation under subsection (a) of this section, each election official carrying election materials to and from the polling sites shall be allowed mileage at such rate as may be appropriated but not to exceed the rate prescribed for state employees in state travel rules.
(c)(1) An election official may work as a volunteer without pay or reimbursement as specified by the election official under this section if the election official signs an affidavit prescribed by the State Board of Election Commissioners stating that he or she does not wish to receive:
(A) Compensation for his or her work as an election official; or
(B) Reimbursement for mileage accrued in the course of his or her work as an election official.
(2) An election official may choose not to receive compensation or reimbursement, or both.
(3)(A) An election official who signs the affidavit indicating that he or she does not wish to be compensated or reimbursed shall not be compensated with money or anything of value for his or her work as an election official.
(B) Any paperwork or document required by a student election official's school to verify his or her assistance is not compensation or reimbursement under this section.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 7-4-112
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 7-4-112. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.