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7-6-102. Political practices pledge — Penalty for falsification.

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7-6-102. Political practices pledge — Penalty for falsification.

Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 7-6-102

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7-6-102. Political practices pledge — Penalty for falsification. (a)(1) Candidates for political party nominations for state or district offices shall file with the Secretary of State and candidates for county, municipal, or township offices shall file with the county clerk of the county during the filing period set out in § 7-7-203 for the preferential primary election a pledge in writing stating that they are familiar with the requirements of §§ 7-1-103, 7-1-104, 7-3-108, 7-6-101, 7-6-103, 7-6-104, and this section and will comply in good faith with their terms. (2) An independent candidate or school district candidate shall file the political practices pledge at the time of filing the petition for nomination. (3) Independent candidates for municipal office shall file the political practices pledge with the county clerk at the time of filing the petition for nomination. (4) Write-in candidates shall file the political practices pledge at the time of filing the notice to be a write-in candidate. (5) A nonpartisan candidate paying filing fees in accordance with § 7-10-103(b) shall file the political practices pledge at the time of filing for office. (6) A nonpartisan candidate filing by petition according to § 7-10-103(c) shall file the political practices pledge at the time of filing the petition. (b) All political practices pledge forms for state or district offices and county, municipal, or township offices shall contain the following additional pledge: “I hereby certify that I have never been convicted of a felony in Arkansas or in any other jurisdiction outside of Arkansas.” (c) Any person who has been convicted of a felony and signs the pledge stating that he or she has not been convicted of a felony shall be guilty of a Class D felony. (d) For purposes of this section, a person shall be qualified to be a candidate for a state, district, county, municipal, and township office and may certify that he or she has never been convicted of a felony if his or her record was expunged in accordance with §§ 16-93-301 — 16-93-303, or a similar expunction statute in another state if the candidate presents a certificate of expunction from the court that convicted the candidate. (e)(1) The name of a candidate who fails to sign and file the pledge shall not appear on the ballot. (2)(A) Within two (2) days of the date the pledge is required to be filed, the Secretary of State or the county clerk shall notify by certified mail that requires a return receipt signed by the candidate those candidates who have failed to file a signed political practice pledge and include a copy of the written pledge required by this section. (B) Failure of the state or district candidate to file with the Secretary of State or of the county, municipal, or township candidate to file with the county clerk within five (5) days of receipt or refusal of this notice shall prevent the candidate's name from appearing on the ballot.

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7-1-103. Miscellaneous misdemeanor offenses — Penalties — Definitions.

7-1-103. Miscellaneous misdemeanor offenses — Penalties — Definitions. (a) The violation of any of the following shall be deemed misdemeanors punishable as provided in this section: (1) It shall be unlawful for any person to appoint or offer to appoint anyone to any office or position of trust or for any person to influence, attempt to influence, or offer to influence the appointment, nomination, or election of any person to office in consideration of the support or assistance of the person for any candidate in any election in this state; (2)(A)(i) It shall be unlawful for any public servant, as defined in § 21-8-402, to devote any time or labor during usual office hours toward the campaign of any other candidate for office or for the nomination to any office. (ii) Devoting any time or labor during usual office hours toward the campaign of any other candidate for office or for the nomination to any office includes without limitation the gathering of signatures for a nominating petition. (B) It shall be unlawful for any public servant, as defined in § 21-8-402, to circulate an initiative or referendum petition or to solicit signatures on an initiative or referendum petition in any public office of the state, county, or municipal governments of Arkansas or during the usual office hours or while on duty for any state agency or any county or municipal government in Arkansas. (C) It shall be unlawful for any public servant, as defined in § 21-8-402, to coerce, by threats or otherwise, any public employee into devoting time or labor toward the campaign of any candidate for office or for the nomination to any office; (3)(A) It shall be unlawful for any public servant, as defined in § 21-8-402, to use any office or room furnished at public expense to distribute an

Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 7-1-103

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7-1-104. Miscellaneous felonies — Penalties.

7-1-104. Miscellaneous felonies — Penalties. (a) The following offenses shall be deemed felonies punishable as provided in this section: (1) No person shall falsely make or fraudulently destroy any certificate of nominations or any part thereof, file any certificate of nominations knowing the certificate or any part thereof to be false, suppress any nomination or any part thereof which has been filed, or forge or falsely write the name or initials of any election official on any ballot; (2) No public official or other person shall in any manner willfully or corruptly permit any person not entitled to register for the purpose of voting to register, nor shall a public official or other person forge or attempt to forge a registration; (3) No person shall vote in any election in the state unless the person is a qualified elector of this state and has registered to vote in the manner provided by law; (4) It shall be unlawful for any person to offer, accept, receive, or pay any person any money, goods, wares, or merchandise or solicit any money, goods, wares, or merchandise for the purpose of influencing his or her vote during the progress of any election in this state; (5) It shall be unlawful for any person to make any threat or attempt to intimidate any elector or the family, business, or profession of the elector; (6) It shall be unlawful for any person to interfere with or to prevent any qualified elector from voting at any election or to attempt to interfere with or to prevent any qualified elector from voting at any election, provided that this subdivision (a)(6) shall not prohibit good faith challenges of ballots or voters according to law by candidates, authorized representatives of candidates, political parties, or ballot issues; (7) It shall be unla

Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 7-1-104

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7-3-108. Subversive parties — New parties — Affidavit required — Penalty.

7-3-108. Subversive parties — New parties — Affidavit required — Penalty. (a) A political party shall not be recognized, qualified to participate, or permitted to have the names of its candidates printed on the ballot in any election in this state that: (1) Either directly or indirectly advocates, teaches, justifies, aids, or abets the overthrow by force or violence, or by any unlawful means, of the government of the United States or this state, or an act of terrorism as described by § 5-54-205; or (2) Directly or indirectly carries on, advocates, teaches, justifies, aids, or abets a program of sabotage, force and violence, sedition, or treason against the government of the United States or this state. (b)(1) A newly organized political party shall not be recognized, qualified to participate, or permitted to have the names of its candidates printed on the ballot in any election in this state until it has filed an affidavit, by the officers of the party in this state under oath, that: (A) It does not either directly or indirectly advocate, teach, justify, aid, or abet the overthrow by force or violence or by any unlawful means of the government of the United States or this state, or an act of terrorism as described by § 5-54-205; or (B) It does not directly or indirectly carry on, advocate, teach, justify, aid, or abet a program of sabotage, force and violence, sedition, or treason against the government of the United States or this state. (2) The affidavit shall be filed with the Secretary of State. (c) Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.

Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 7-3-108

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7-7-203. Dates.

7-7-203. Dates. (a) The general primary election shall be held: (1) For years in which the office of Governor will appear on the ballot at the general election, on the third Tuesday in June preceding the general election; and (2) For years in which the office of President of the United States will appear on the ballot at the general election, on the Tuesday four (4) weeks following the preferential primary election. (b) The preferential primary election shall be held: (1) For years in which the office of Governor will appear on the ballot at the general election, on the Tuesday four (4) weeks before the general primary election; and (2) For years in which the office of President of the United States will appear on the ballot at the general election, on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in March. (c)(1) The party filing period shall be a one-week period beginning and ending on the following dates and times: (A) For years in which the office of Governor will appear on the ballot at the general election, beginning at 12:00 noon one (1) week prior to the first day in March and ending at 12:00 noon on the first day in March; and (B) For years in which the office of President of the United States will appear on the ballot at the general election, beginning at 12:00 noon on the first Monday in November preceding the general primary election and ending at 12:00 noon on the seventh day thereafter. (2) Party pledges, if any, and affidavits of eligibility shall be filed, any filing fees of a political party, if any, shall be paid, and party certificates shall be issued by the party during regular office hours during the party filing period. (3) A party certificate and the political practices pledge shall be filed with the county clerk or the Secretary

Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 7-7-203

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 7-7-203. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.