Ark. Code Ann. § 14-48-101: Applicability

(a) Any municipality of this state having a population of two thousand five hundred (2,500) or more inhabitants, according to the most recent federal census, or any city of the first class may call and hold an election on the question of becoming organized under, and governed by, the city administrator form of government authorized in this chapter.

(b) Any such election shall be called and conducted in the manner provided in this chapter.