Ark. Code Ann. § 7-6-204: Restriction on cash contributions or expenditures - Exception

(a) No campaign contribution in excess of one hundred dollars ($100) or expenditure in excess of fifty dollars ($50.00) shall be made or received in cash. (b) All contributions or expenditures in behalf of a campaign activity, other than in-kind contributions and expenditures, in excess of the amounts mentioned in subsection (a) of this section shall be made: (1) By a written instrument containing the name of the donor and the name of the payee; (2) By credit card or debit card where the transaction results in a paper record signed by the cardholder, provided that the paper record contains the following information for the cardholder at the time of making the contribution: (A) Valid name; (B) Complete address; (C) Place of business; (D) Employer; and (E) Occupation; or (3) By transaction that results in an electronic record created or transmitted by the cardholder where a contribution or expenditure is made through the internet, provided that the electronic record contains the following information for the cardholder at the time of making the contribution: (A) Valid name; (B) Complete address; (C) Place of business; (D) Employer; and (E) Occupation. (c) The payment of filing fees may be in cash even though the amount exceeds fifty dollars ($50.00). The candidate shall obtain a receipt for the payment and shall report it as a campaign expenditure. Acts 1975, No. 788, § 8; 1977, No. 312, § 2; A.S.A. 1947, § 3-1116; Acts 2011, No. 721, § 5.

(a) No campaign contribution in excess of one hundred dollars ($100) or expenditure in excess of fifty dollars ($50.00) shall be made or received in cash.

(b) All contributions or expenditures in behalf of a campaign activity, other than in-kind contributions and expenditures, in excess of the amounts mentioned in subsection (a) of this section shall be made: (1) By a written instrument containing the name of the donor and the name of the payee; (2) By credit card or debit card where the transaction results in a paper record signed by the cardholder, provided that the paper record contains the following information for the cardholder at the time of making the contribution: (A) Valid name; (B) Complete address; (C) Place of business; (D) Employer; and (E) Occupation; or (3) By transaction that results in an electronic record created or transmitted by the cardholder where a contribution or expenditure is made through the internet, provided that the electronic record contains the following information for the cardholder at the time of making the contribution: (A) Valid name; (B) Complete address; (C) Place of business; (D) Employer; and (E) Occupation.

(1) By a written instrument containing the name of the donor and the name of the payee;

(2) By credit card or debit card where the transaction results in a paper record signed by the cardholder, provided that the paper record contains the following information for the cardholder at the time of making the contribution: (A) Valid name; (B) Complete address; (C) Place of business; (D) Employer; and (E) Occupation; or

(A) Valid name;

(B) Complete address;

(C) Place of business;

(D) Employer; and

(E) Occupation; or

(3) By transaction that results in an electronic record created or transmitted by the cardholder where a contribution or expenditure is made through the internet, provided that the electronic record contains the following information for the cardholder at the time of making the contribution: (A) Valid name; (B) Complete address; (C) Place of business; (D) Employer; and (E) Occupation.

(A) Valid name;

(B) Complete address;

(C) Place of business;

(D) Employer; and

(E) Occupation.

(c) The payment of filing fees may be in cash even though the amount exceeds fifty dollars ($50.00). The candidate shall obtain a receipt for the payment and shall report it as a campaign expenditure.