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Ark. Code Ann. § 3-8-801 (2026)

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As used in this subchapter:

  1. “Canvasser” means a person who circulates a local option election petition or a part or parts of a local option election petition to obtain the signatures of petitioners thereto;
  2. “Intoxicating liquor” means any beverage containing more than one-half of one percent (0.5%) of alcohol by weight;
  3. “Paid canvasser” means a person who is paid or with whom there is an agreement to pay money or anything of value before or after a signature on a local option election petition is solicited in exchange for soliciting or obtaining a signature on a petition;
  4. “Petition part” means a petition signature sheet containing the information required under this subchapter;
  5. “Petitioner” means a person who signs a petition requesting a local option election;
  6. “Registered voter” means a person who is registered at the time of signing the petition pursuant to Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 51; and
  7. “Sponsor” means a person who arranges for the circulation of a local option election petition or who files a local option election petition with the official charged with verifying the signatures.

History. Acts 2013, No. 1432, § 8; 2015, No. 1251, § 3.

Amendments. The 2015 amendment inserted present (2), (4), and (6); and redesignated the remaining subdivisions accordingly.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2017–2024 · leading case: Becky Lewallen, in Her Off. Capacity as Washington Cnty. Clerk v. Progress for Cane Hill, a Local-Option Ballot Question Comm., 2024 Ark. 167 (Ark. 2024).
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Becky Lewallen, in Her Off. Capacity as Washington Cnty. Clerk v. Progress for Cane Hill, a Local-Option Ballot Question Comm., 2024 Ark. 167 (Ark. 2024). · cites it 13× “But the law requires that a “person shall not act as a canvasser unless he or she is a resident of this state.”
Keep Our Dollars in Indep. Cnty. v. Mitchell, 2017 Ark. 154 (Ark. 2017). “Konkler argues that appellants’ appeal of Mitchell’s certification of insufficiency was governed by the procedures in Arkansas Code Annotated section 3-8-205, which is set out below: (a) If the petition is determined to be sufficient under § 3-8-801 et seq., the county clerk…”
Brennan v. White Cnty., 573 S.W.3d 577 (Ark. Ct. App. 2019). “VIRDEN, Judge David Brennan challenges the White County Circuit Court's order dismissing his request for declaratory judgment regarding the constitutionality of the White County ordinance prohibiting the manufacture and sale of alcohol and the "local-option" set forth in…”
Stay Strong, Status Quo, a Local Option Ballot Question Comm., & Bevans Fam. Ltd. P'ship v. Pam Bradford in Her Off. Capacity as Cnty. Clerk of Van Buren Cnty., Arkansas, 2020 Ark. 331 (Ark. 2020). · cites it 3× “” Ark. Code Ann. § 3-8-801 (3) (emphasis added).”
Ark. Code Ann. § 3-8-801(3): 1 case
Becky Lewallen, in Her Off. Capacity as Washington Cnty. Clerk v. Progress for Cane Hill, a Local-Option Ballot Question Comm., 2024 Ark. 167 (Ark. 2024). “But the law requires that a “person shall not act as a canvasser unless he or she is a resident of this state.”
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