Arkansas Code Annotated
Ark. Code Ann. § 7-5-102 (2026)
Time of general election
✓ current as of May 2026
On the Tuesday next after the first Monday in November in every even-numbered year, there shall be held an election in each precinct and ward in this state for the election of:
- All elective state, county, and township officers whose term of office is fixed at two (2) years by the Arkansas Constitution or the General Assembly;
- State senators in their respective districts when the terms for which the state senators have been elected expire before the next general election;
- Members of the United States House of Representatives for each congressional district in this state; and
- United States Senators when the term of office of any United States Senator expires before the next general election.
History. Acts 1969, No. 465, Art. 6, § 2; A.S.A. 1947, § 3-602; Acts 1993, No. 512, § 1; 2005, No. 67, § 5; 2013, No. 1110, § 3.
Amendments. The 2013 amendment rewrote the section.
Case Notes
Cited: Rock v. Byrant, 459 F. Supp. 64 (E.D. Ark. 1978); Johnson County Bd. of Election Comm'rs v. Holman, 280 Ark. 128, 655 S.W.2d 408 (1983).
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 2001–2020 · leading case: Green Party of Arkansas v. Priest, 159 F. Supp. 2d 1140 (E.D. Ark. 2001).
Green Party of Arkansas v. Priest, 159 F. Supp. 2d 1140 (E.D. Ark. 2001). “Arkansas only holds general elections in even-numbered years, Ark. Code Ann. § 7-5-102 , and the next general election is scheduled for November 2002.”
Whitfield v. Thurston (E.D. Ark. 2020). “§ 7-5-102 . The next general election and non-partisan runoff election in Arkansas will be held on November 3, 2020 (Id.”
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