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Arkansas
ELECTION INFO: SECRETARY OF STATE
Phone: (501) 682-3419
Email: electionsemail@sos.arkansas.gov
STATE-ISTICS: STATE INFORMATION
ARKANSAS CODE
Getting on the Ballot for 2012
Sign Up to be an Elector We need a total of 6 electors in Arkansas.
Check Back Here for the Petition Form
Signatures Needed: at least ten thousand (10,000) registered voters in the state[7-7-205].
Other Information: The petitions shall be circulated during any sixty-day period. Each petition must be circulated in a County.
One we form a political
Recognized party qualifications:
Received at least 3% of the votes for governor or
presidential electors in the last general election* [7-
1-101(16)]
Primary ballot access:
Each political party shall be responsible for
determining the qualifications of candidates seeking
nomination by the political party, provide necessary
applications for candidacy, accept and process the
applications, and determine the order of its ballot [7-
7-201(5)]
Democratic Party Requirements:
File with the party in April
Petition: 3% of voters in the previous presidential
primary (in 2004, this will approximately46,913
signatures) or 1,000 per congressional district,
whichever is less
Party filing fee: $2,500
Deadline: pay fee between the third Tuesday in March
and 14 days after [7-7-203(c)]
Republican Party Requirements:
File with the party in April
Party filing fee: $10,000 (Note: fee was $5,000 in
2000)
Deadline: pay fee between the third Tuesday in March
and 14 days after [7-7-203(c)]
New party qualifications:
Petition: at least ten thousand (10,000) registered voters in the state. [7-7-205]
Circulate during any sixty-day period. [7-7-205]
Deadline: Nominated candidates shall file a political practice pledge with the Secretary of State or county clerk, as the case may be, no later than sixty (60) days prior to the general election. [7-7-205]
General ballot access for new parties:
New parties may nominate candidates by convention [7-7-205]
General ballot access for unrecognized party candidates:
Petition: 1,000 signatures [7-8-302(5b)]
Deadline: at noon on first Monday in August in the year of the election [7-8-302(5b)]
No filing fees
General ballot access for independent candidates:
Petition: 3% of voters statewide (in 2004, this will be
approximately 46,913 signatures) [7-7-103]
Deadline: May 1 [7-7-103]
No filing fees
Last day to withdraw from the ballot:
no statute
Primary date:
Tuesday three weeks prior to the second Tuesday in June [7-7-203(b)]
Participation: Closed primary
Voter registration: 30 days before the election
Sources:
Arkansas State Legislature. Arkansas Code. Retrieved January 19, 2009 from http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SearchCenter/Pages/ArkansasCodeSearchResul....
The Reform Institute (December 2003). Presidential Ballot Access: State by State Scorecard. Retrieved November 10, 2008, from https://www.policyarchive.org/bitstream/handle/10207/5646/2003scorecard.....
NO WRITE-IN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES ALLOWED.
Source:
Frank Moore (May 8, 2008). US Presidential Write-In Candidate Requirements For Each State. Retrieved November 10, 2008, from http://www.writein2008.blogspot.com/
