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Ark. Code Ann. § 3-8-802

Hiring and training of paid canvassers

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Becky Lewallen, in Her Official Capacity as Washington County Clerk v. Progress for Cane Hill, a Local-Option Ballot Question Committee (2024)

Most recently applied in Becky Lewallen, in Her Official Capacity as Washington County Clerk v. Progress for Cane Hill, a Local-Option Ballot Question Committee (October 2024)

Acts 2013, No. 1432, § 8; 2015, No. 1251, § 4.

(1) A person shall not provide money or anything of value to another person for obtaining signatures on a local option election petition unless the person receiving the money or item of value meets the requirements of this section.

(2) Before a signature is solicited by a paid canvasser, the sponsor shall: Explain the Arkansas law applicable to obtaining signatures on a local option election petition to the canvasser; and

(3) Provide a complete list of all paid canvassers' names and current residential addresses to the county clerk.

(4) If additional paid canvassers agree to solicit signatures on behalf of a sponsor after the complete list is provided, the sponsor shall provide an updated list of all paid canvassers' names and current residential addresses to the county clerk.

(5) Before obtaining a signature on a local option election petition as a paid canvasser, a person shall submit in person or by mail to the sponsor: The full name and any assumed name of the person;

(6) The current residence address of the person and the person's permanent domicile address if the person's permanent domicile address is different from the person's current residence address;

(7) A signed statement taken under oath or solemn affirmation that states that the person has not pleaded guilty or nolo contendere to or been found guilty of a criminal offense involving a violation of the election laws, fraud, forgery, or identification theft in any state;

(8) A signed statement that the person has read and understands the Arkansas law applicable to obtaining signatures on a local option election petition; and

(9) A photograph of the person taken within ninety (90) days of the submission of the information required under this section.

(10) A sponsor shall maintain the information required under this section for each paid canvasser for three (3) years after the general election.

Current official text: Arkansas General Assembly. Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Arkansas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.