Ark. Code Ann. § 7-5-401

Duties of county clerk

Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Clement v. Daniels (2006)

Most recently applied in Frank Barton, Anita Bell, and James Pulliaum, in Their Official Capacities as the Crittenden County Board of Election Commissioners v. Shirley P. Brown and Lavonda L. Taylor (October 2024)

Acts 1969, No. 465, Art. 9, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 3-901; Acts 1995, No. 686, § 1; 1995, No. 948, § 1; 2005, No. 67, § 10; 2007, No. 556, § 2.

(1) The county clerk shall be the custodian of the absentee ballots and early voting ballots for any early voting conducted by the county clerk.

(2) The county clerk shall be furnished a suitable room at the county courthouse or other location designated for the purpose of exercising all the powers and duties concerning the application for, the issuance of, and the voting of absentee and early voting ballots required by law of the county clerk.

(3) In counties with more than one (1) county seat, the county clerk shall conduct: Absentee voting in the courthouse or other room provided by the county; and

(4) Early voting at the county clerk's designated early voting location in each county seat if the county clerk conducts early voting under § 7-5-418.

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.