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Ark. Code Ann. § 7-9-119

Counting, canvass, and return of votes — Proclamation of result — Effective date

Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Christian Civic Action Committee v. McCuen (1994)

Most recently applied in Andrew Kimbrell v. John Thurston, in His Official Capacity as Secretary of State for the State of Arkansas (December 2020)

Acts 1943, No. 195, § 10; A.S.A. 1947, § 2-218; Acts 1997, No. 646, § 10; 2005, No. 1677, § 6.

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(1) The vote on each measure shall be counted, tabulated, and returned by the proper precinct election officials to the county board of election commissioners in each county at the time and in the manner the vote for candidates for state and county officers is tabulated, canvassed, and returned.

(2) An abstract of all votes cast on any measure shall be certified by the county board of election commissioners and delivered or postmarked to the Secretary of State no earlier than forty-eight (48) hours and no later than fifteen (15) calendar days after the election is held.

(3) It shall be the duty of the Secretary of State to canvass the returns on each measure not later than ten (10) days thereafter and to certify the result to the Governor and to the State Board of Election Commissioners.

(4) The Governor shall thereupon issue a proclamation showing the total number of votes cast and the number cast for and the number cast against each measure and shall declare the measure adopted or rejected, as the facts appear.

(5) If the Governor declares any measure adopted, it shall be in full force and effect thirty (30) days after the election unless otherwise provided in the measure.

(6) However, amendments to the Arkansas Constitution shall also be declared adopted or rejected by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, as is provided by the Arkansas Constitution.

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.