The County Board of Election Commissioners consists
of three (3) members:
- one member appointed
by the county committee of the majority party
(generally, the county committee chairman),
- one member appointed
by the county committee of the minority party (generally the county
committee chairman), and
- one additional or third member selected by the county committee of the majority party.
Each of the 75 counties in the State of Arkansas has a County Board
of Election Commissioners responsible for conducting elections within
its respective county. The County Boards' responsibilities include:
- altering the
boundaries of existing election precincts,
- establishing
new election precincts,
- establishing
a polling site for each election precinct,
- selecting and
appointing election officials,
- providing public
notice of the time and polling sites for holding elections,
- providing public
notice of the candidates and offices to be elected,
- providing ballots
for absentee and early voting and voting on election day,
- providing election
supplies to the election officials,
- completing a
canvass of the returns of any election,
- certifying the
results of elections, and
- providing a
recount of the returns upon the petition of a candidate.
You
may search the database for Commissioners by county, Commissioner's
name, or Appointment. Just enter the respective data in the field you
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This information changes frequently. The records
in this database are updated on the 15th of each month.
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