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Ark. Code Ann. § 7-5-601 (2020)

Paper ballots — Form

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  1. All paper ballots provided by the county board of election commissioners of any county in this state for any election shall be alike and shall be printed in plain type.
  2. Each ballot shall be printed on paper with a perforated portion capable of being detached for use as the ballot stub.
    1. As ballots are printed, the portion that shall be used as the ballot stub shall be numbered consecutively beginning with the number one (1).
    2. The number on the last ballot printed shall show the total number of ballots provided for the election.
    1. The heading on the front or inner side of each ballot shall be: “OFFICIAL BALLOT. Vote by placing an appropriate mark opposite the person for whom you wish to vote.”
    2. If the ballot contains an initiated or referred amendment, act, or measure, the heading shall also contain these words: “Vote on amendments, acts, and measures by placing an appropriate mark below the amendment (or act or measure) either FOR or AGAINST.”
  5. Beneath the heading on each paper ballot there shall be printed instructions that inform the voter:
    1. Of the effect of casting multiple votes for an office; and
    2. How to correct the ballot before it is cast and counted, including without limitation instructions on how to correct an error through the issuance of a replacement ballot if the voter was otherwise unable to change the ballot or correct an error.

History. Acts 1977, No. 77, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 3-1801n; Acts 2005, No. 2233, § 34; 2009, No. 1480, § 35; 2011, No. 1020, § 2.

Amendments. The 2009 amendment rewrote the section heading and the section.

The 2011 amendment substituted “below” for “above” in (d)(2).

RESEARCH REFERENCES

ALR.

Electronic voting systems. 12 A.L.R.6th 523.

Validity, Construction, and Application of State Requirements for Placement of Independent Candidates for United States Senate on Ballot. 59 A.L.R.6th 111.

Case Notes

Legislative Intent.

With the introduction of electronic voting, the legislature did not intend to repeal or modify any of the laws authorizing the use of paper ballots or voting machines; rather, it was the purpose of the legislature to establish an additional and supplemental method of marking vote cards and tabulating election results. Womack v. Foster, 340 Ark. 124, 8 S.W.3d 854 (2000).

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 2000–2000 · leading case: Womack v. Foster, 8 S.W.3d 854 (Ark. 2000).
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