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Ark. Code Ann. § 7-5-522 (2026)

Voting procedure

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    1. When a voter presents himself or herself for the purpose of voting, the poll workers shall ascertain whether he or she is properly qualified and registered under § 7-5-305.
    2. In preparing the machines, the poll workers shall ensure that each voter will have access only to the proper ballot.
  2. Only one (1) voter at a time shall be permitted to approach a voting machine. Having cast his or her vote, the voter shall at once move away from the voting machine and leave the polling room by the exit provided.
  3. A voter having left the voting machine shall not be permitted to return to the voting machine except to complete the voting process.
  4. If a voter leaves an electronic ballot on a voting machine on which the voter has either made some or no selections and has failed to complete the process of casting the ballot and failed to notify a poll worker of his or her desire to cancel the ballot before departing the polling site, two (2) poll workers shall take action to complete the process of casting the ballot and shall document:
    1. The time;
    2. The name of the voter, if known;
    3. The names of the poll workers completing the process of casting the ballot; and
    4. All other circumstances surrounding the abandoned ballot.

History. Acts 1969, No. 465, Art. 12, § 21; A.S.A. 1947, § 3-1221; Acts 1989, No. 342, § 1; 1997, No. 446, § 17; 2005, No. 2233, § 26; 2007, No. 835, § 2; 2009, No. 959, § 26.

Amendments. The 2007 amendment added (d).

The 2009 amendment substituted “poll workers” for “election officials” or “election officers” or variants in five places, and made minor stylistic changes.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7 cases, 1988–2000 · leading case: Gaines v. McCuen, 758 S.W.2d 403 (Ark. 1988).
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Gaines v. McCuen, 758 S.W.2d 403 (Ark. 1988). · cites it 4× “Ark. Code Ann. § 7-5-522 (d) (1987). The ballot title must accurately reflect the general purposes and fundamental provisions of the proposed initiative, so that an elector does not vote for a proposal based on its description in the ballot title, when, in fact, the vote is for…”
Bailey v. McCuen, 884 S.W.2d 938 (Ark. 1994). · cites it 4× “Ark.Code Ann. § 7-5-522 (Repl.1993). Having said that, the materiality of the two omissions, the tendency to mislead, and the fact that the voters would need this information to make an intelligent decision on the amendment give us no alternative but to conclude that the ballot…”
Christian Civic Action Comm. v. McCuen, 884 S.W.2d 605 (Ark. 1994). · cites it 4× “Under Ark. Code Ann. § 7-5-522 (d) (Repl. 1993), “[n]o voter shall remain in the voting booth longer than five (5) minutes, if voters are waiting in line.”
Page v. McCuen, 884 S.W.2d 951 (Ark. 1994). · cites it 4× “Although Amendment 7 to the Arkansas Constitution does not specify a limit on the length of a proposal, the proposed measure must be of a size capable of having a ballot title which will not only convey the scope and import of the measure, but also impart a description of the…”
Crochet v. Priest, 931 S.W.2d 128 (Ark. 1996). · cites it 2× “Although Amendment 7 to the Arkansas Constitution does not specify a limit on the length of a proposal, the proposed measure must be of a size capable of having a ballot title which will not only convey the scope and import of the measure, but also impart a description of the…”
Parker v. Priest, 930 S.W.2d 322 (Ark. 1996). “Consequently, Petitioner argues that the length, design, and complexity of this ballot title cannot be read and comprehended in the five minutes a voter is permitted to remain in the voting booth pursuant to Arkansas Code Annotated § 7-5-522 (Repl. 1993) and that the ballot…”
Walker v. Priest, 29 S.W.3d 657 (2000). “; see also Ark. Code Ann. § 7-5-522 (Repl. 2000). While not fully discussed in this court’s decisions, we are compelled to mention other sources from which interested Arkansas voters may educate (and have educated) themselves regarding proposed measures that appear on general…”
— Ark. Code Ann. § 7-5-522(d) — 3 cases
Gaines v. McCuen, 758 S.W.2d 403 (Ark. 1988). “Ark. Code Ann. § 7-5-522 (d) (1987). The ballot title must accurately reflect the general purposes and fundamental provisions of the proposed initiative, so that an elector does not vote for a proposal based on its description in the ballot title, when, in fact, the vote is for…”
Christian Civic Action Comm. v. McCuen, 884 S.W.2d 605 (Ark. 1994). “Under Ark. Code Ann. § 7-5-522 (d) (Repl. 1993), “[n]o voter shall remain in the voting booth longer than five (5) minutes, if voters are waiting in line.”
Page v. McCuen, 884 S.W.2d 951 (Ark. 1994). “Although Amendment 7 to the Arkansas Constitution does not specify a limit on the length of a proposal, the proposed measure must be of a size capable of having a ballot title which will not only convey the scope and import of the measure, but also impart a description of the…”
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