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7-5-318. Failure to deliver materials — Penalty — Messenger to obtain delinquent returns.
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7-5-318. Failure to deliver materials — Penalty — Messenger to obtain delinquent returns.
(a) If the poll workers fail to deliver the ballots, ballot stubs, certification of election, voter lists, and other election returns in the manner provided for in § 7-5-317, the poll workers shall forfeit the sum of two hundred dollars ($200) to be recovered by action of debt in the name of the state for the use of the county.
(b) Upon failure of delivery of the election returns immediately after the polls close, the county board of election commissioners shall dispatch a peace officer to obtain the election returns, and all expenses incurred by sending the messenger shall be paid by the defaulting poll workers.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 7-5-318
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7-5-318. Failure to deliver materials — Penalty — Messenger to obtain delinquent returns.
(a) If the poll workers fail to deliver the ballots, ballot stubs, certification of election, voter lists, and other election returns in the manner provided for in § 7-5-317, the poll workers shall forfeit the sum of two hundred dollars ($200) to be recovered by action of debt in the name of the state for the use of the county.
(b) Upon failure of delivery of the election returns immediately after the polls close, the county board of election commissioners shall dispatch a peace officer to obtain the election returns, and all expenses incurred by sending the messenger shall be paid by the defaulting poll workers.
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Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
7-5-317. Processing and delivery of election materials.
(a) After the polls close, all of the election materials shall be processed and delivered in the following manner:
(1) The poll workers shall total the number of voters on the list-of-voters form and certify and attest the form;
(2) The list-of-voters form, precinct voter registration list, voter registration application forms, and other recordkeeping supplies shall be delivered to the county clerk;
(3) Certificates of election results and tally sheets:
(A) One (1) copy of the certificate of election results with one (1) copy of the tally sheets, if any, shall be delivered to the county clerk; and
(B) One (1) copy of the certificate of election results shall be returned with one (1) copy of the tally sheets, if any, and reports of challenges of voters, if any, to the county board of election commissioners;
(4) Ballots:
(A) The poll workers shall securely envelope any voted ballots separately from any unused ballots and place the ballots in a container with a numbered seal and then deliver the ballots with the tally sheets, if any, and other election materials to the county board of election commissioners; and
(B) All cancelled ballots shall be preserved separately from the other ballots and returned to the county board of election commissioners; and
(5) Sealed stub boxes shall be delivered to the county board of election commissioners for storage.
(b) All of the election materials, stub boxes, and returns shall be delivered to the county board of election commissioners by the poll workers immediately after the polls close.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 7-5-317
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 7-5-317. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.