Voter registration and election records

1. Law
2. Arkansas Code
3. Libraries, Archives, and Cultural Resources
4. Public Records Management and Archives
5. County Records Retention
6. Voter registration and election records

All counties shall maintain county voter registration and election records for the county as follows, if the records are currently being:

1. (1) Maintained permanently:

   1. (A) Voter registration record files;

   2. (B) Maps of election precincts from the county board of election commissioners;

   3. (C) Certificates of election; and

   4. (D) Ordinance election results; and

2. (2)

   1. (A) Maintained for ten (10) years, after canceled, a person's voter registration record and reason for cancellation of a person's voter registration.

   2. (B) Maintained for ten (10) years:

      1. (i) Minutes of the board of election commissioners; and

      2. (ii) Election files.

   3. (C) Maintained for five (5) years:

      1. (i) Petition, certificate, and notices for ordinance;

      2. (ii) Political practice pledges;

      3. (iii) Campaign contribution and expenditure sheets;

      4. (iv) Code of ethics statements; and

      5. (v) Financial disclosures.

   4. (D) Maintained for two (2) years:

      1. (i) Acknowledgement notices giving the disposition of a person's voter registration application;

      2. (ii) Precinct voter registration lists prepared for each election;

      3. (iii) Confirmation notices mailed by a county clerk to confirm a voter's change of residence or name;

      4. (iv) Confirmation return cards received in response to a confirmation notice;

      5. (v) Absentee ballot applications and lists, except where litigation follows or federal law governs; and

      6. (vi) Voter registration cards; and

   5. (E) Until an election is certified to the Secretary of State under § 7-5-701, all unused ballots.

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