Duties of county board of election commissioners

1. Law
2. Arkansas Code
3. Elections
4. Boards of Election Commissioners and Other Election Officers
5. General Provisions
6. Duties of county board of election commissioners

1. (a) The county board of election commissioners shall:

   1. (1) Ensure compliance with all legal requirements relating to the conduct of elections;

   2. (2) Exercise its duties consistent with the training and materials provided by the State Board of Election Commissioners;

   3. (3) Allocate a sufficient number of secure ballot boxes if voting is conducted using preprinted paper ballots for each polling site based on the number of votes cast at that polling site in the immediately preceding:

      1. (A) Preferential primary election or general election if the election for which the secure ballot boxes are prepared is a preferential primary election or general election; and

      2. (B) Special election if the election for which the secure ballot boxes are prepared is a special election;

   4. (4) Allocate sufficient components of a voting system approved for use under § 7-5-301 for each polling site based on the number of votes cast at that polling site in the immediately preceding:

      1. (A) Preferential primary election or general election if the election for which the components are prepared is a preferential primary election or general election; and

      2. (B) Special election if the election for which the components are prepared is a special election; and

   5. (5) Appoint the requisite number of election officials at each site where voters present themselves to vote to ensure that there is a sufficient number of election officials at each site, based upon the votes in the immediately preceding comparable election.

2. (b)

   1. (1) The county board of election commissioners shall select and appoint a sufficient number of election officials for each polling site as provided by subsection (a) of this section and perform the other duties prescribed not less than twenty (20) days preceding an election.

   2. (2)

      1. (A) Each polling site shall have a minimum of two (2) election clerks, one (1) election judge, and one (1) election sheriff.

      2. (B) The election judge shall serve as the poll supervisor.

      3. (C)

         1. (i) All election officials at a polling site shall have completed training under § 7-4-109 within the twelve (12) months before the election.

         2. (ii) The minority party election commissioner shall have the option to designate a number of election officials equal to one (1) less than the majority of election officials at each polling site, with a minimum of two (2) election officials at each polling site.

         3. (iii) In the event that the county party representatives on the county board of election commissioners fail to agree upon any election official to fill an election post allotted to the respective party twenty (20) days before the election, the county board of election commissioners shall appoint the remaining election officials.

3. (c) The county board of election commissioners may permit election officials to work half-day or split shifts at the polls at any election so long as the requisite number of election officials is always present.

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