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7-5-208. Ballots — Form.
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7-5-208. Ballots — Form.
(a) All election ballots provided by the county board of election commissioners of any county in this state for any election shall be alike and shall be in plain type.
(b)(1) The heading of each ballot shall be: “OFFICIAL BALLOT (description) ELECTION (date) , (year)
Vote by placing an appropriate mark opposite the person for whom you wish to vote.”
(2) If the ballot contains an initiated or referred amendment, act, or measure, the heading shall also contain these words: “Vote on amendments, acts, and measures by placing an appropriate mark below the amendment (or act or measure) either FOR or AGAINST.”
(c)(1) Every ballot shall contain the name of each candidate who has been nominated or has qualified in accordance with law for each office. The names of the candidates shall be listed in a perpendicular column under the name of each office to be filled.
(2) In all elections in which votes for a write-in candidate may be counted, at the bottom of each list of names for each position or office appearing on the ballot, there shall be a blank line for a possible write-in vote for that position or office. However, the blank line shall not appear on the ballot with respect to those offices and candidates for positions in which no person has qualified as a write-in candidate by filing his or her notice of intention to be a write-in candidate within the time prescribed in § 7-5-205.
(d) Adjacent to the name of each candidate and on the same line there shall be a place for marking a vote for the candidate. Below each act, amendment, or measure to be voted on, there shall be the words “FOR” and “AGAINST” situated one above the other with a place for marking a vote for the act, amendment, or measure adjacent to each word and on
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 7-5-208
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7-5-208. Ballots — Form.
(a) All election ballots provided by the county board of election commissioners of any county in this state for any election shall be alike and shall be in plain type.
(b)(1) The heading of each ballot shall be: “OFFICIAL BALLOT (description) ELECTION (date) , (year)
Vote by placing an appropriate mark opposite the person for whom you wish to vote.”
(2) If the ballot contains an initiated or referred amendment, act, or measure, the heading shall also contain these words: “Vote on amendments, acts, and measures by placing an appropriate mark below the amendment (or act or measure) either FOR or AGAINST.”
(c)(1) Every ballot shall contain the name of each candidate who has been nominated or has qualified in accordance with law for each office. The names of the candidates shall be listed in a perpendicular column under the name of each office to be filled.
(2) In all elections in which votes for a write-in candidate may be counted, at the bottom of each list of names for each position or office appearing on the ballot, there shall be a blank line for a possible write-in vote for that position or office. However, the blank line shall not appear on the ballot with respect to those offices and candidates for positions in which no person has qualified as a write-in candidate by filing his or her notice of intention to be a write-in candidate within the time prescribed in § 7-5-205.
(d) Adjacent to the name of each candidate and on the same line there shall be a place for marking a vote for the candidate. Below each act, amendment, or measure to be voted on, there shall be the words “FOR” and “AGAINST” situated one above the other with a place for marking a vote for the act, amendment, or measure adjacent to each word and on the same line.
(e) Opposite the designation of each office, there shall appear these words: “VOTE FOR .” The number of persons required to fill the vacancy in office shall be placed in the blank space.
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7-5-205. Write-in candidates' votes — When counted.
No votes for write-in candidates shall be counted or tabulated unless:
(1) The candidate notifies in writing the county board of election commissioners of each county in which the candidate seeks election at least ninety (90) days prior to the election and files the notice with either:
(A) The Secretary of State, if a candidate for the United States Senate, the United States House of Representatives, or any state or district office; or
(B) The county clerk, if a candidate for a county or township office;
(2) The candidate files with the county clerk or the Secretary of State, as required, a political practices pledge and an affidavit of eligibility for the office at the same time the candidate files his or her notice of write-in candidacy;
(3) The notice of write-in candidacy, the political practices pledge, and the affidavit of eligibility are filed during the party filing period; and
(4) The name written on the ballot is the same name listed on the write-in candidate's political practices pledge, except that any abbreviation, misspelling, or other minor variation in the form of the name of the candidate shall be disregarded if the intention of the voter may be ascertained.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 7-5-205
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