Arkansas Code Annotated

Ark. Code Ann. § 7-1-108 (2026)

Election law deadlines

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If an election law deadline occurs on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, the deadline shall be the next day which is not a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday.

History. Acts 1999, No. 653, § 1.

A.C.R.C. Notes. Identical language appears at Ark. Const., Amend. 51, § 9(l) as amended by Acts 1999, No. 654, § 1, Acts 2003, No. 995, § 3, and Acts 2005, No. 1952, § 1.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 2014–2020 · leading case: Richardson v. Martin, 2014 Ark. 429 (Ark. 2014).

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Richardson v. Martin, 2014 Ark. 429 (Ark. 2014). · cites it 18× “Third, Ark. Code Ann. § 7-1-108 , “Election Law Deadlines” (Repl.”

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 6× “Stay Strong asserts that the petition violates section 205 because the statute provides the election shall be held no sooner than sixty-five days following the circuit court’s decision to uphold the clerk’s certification.”

Whitfield v. Thurston (E.D. Ark. 2020). · cites it 2× “§ 7-5-207 (c)(1); see also Ark. Code Ann. § 7-1-108 (“If an election law deadline occurs on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, the deadline shall be the next day which is not a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday.”

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