Arkansas Code Annotated
Ark. Code Ann. § 7-11-201 (2026)
Calling special elections on measures or questions
✓ current as of May 2026
Except for special school elections, all special elections on measures or questions referred to the voters by governmental entities as authorized by law shall be called by proclamation, ordinance, statute, resolution, order, or other authorized document of the properly constituted authority as required by law.
History. Acts 2009, No. 1480, § 47.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4
cases (2 in the last 5 years), 2012–2026 · leading case: Mississippi Cnty. v. City of Osceola, 2017 Ark. 71 (Ark. 2017).
Mississippi Cnty. v. City of Osceola, 2017 Ark. 71 (Ark. 2017). “Similarly, appellants correctly point out that there is statutory authority for referring an ordinance to the electors through a resolution, see Ark. Code Ann. § 7-11-201 (Repl. 2012) and § 14-14-905(f) (Repl.”
City of Marion v. City of West Memphis, 423 S.W.3d 594 (Ark. 2012). “within thirty (30) days of the date that one (1) city calls for an annexation election, another city calls for an annexation election on all or part of the same land proposed to be annexed by the first city, then both annexation elections shall be held, provided that the second…”
Clark Cnty., Ark. v. At&t Corp., 2026 Ark. App. 348 (Ark. Ct. App. 2026). ““Upon its own initiative, the governing authority of the political subdivision may call such a special election to be held in accordance with § 7-11-201 et seq.” Ark. Code Ann. § 12-10-318 (a)(2) (Repl.”
City of Gurdon, Arkansas v. At&t Corp., 2026 Ark. App. 346 (Ark. Ct. App. 2026). ““Upon its own initiative, the governing authority of the political subdivision may call such a special election to be held in accordance with § 7-11-201 et seq.”6 Ark. Code Ann. § 12-10-318 (a)(2) (Repl.”
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