{"data":{"id":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-13-4-306","jurisdiction":"us-ar","citation":"Ark. Code Ann. § 13-4-306","heading":"Voter registration and election records","body":"All counties shall maintain county voter registration and election records for the county as follows, if the records are currently being: (1) Maintained permanently: (A) Voter registration record files; (B) Maps of election precincts from the county board of election commissioners; (C) Certificates of election; and (D) Ordinance election results; (2) Maintained for ten (10) years, after canceled, a person's voter registration record and reason for cancellation of a person's voter registration; (3) Maintained for ten (10) years: (A) Minutes of the board of election commissioners; and (B) Election files; (4) Maintained for five (5) years: (A) Petition, certificate, and notices for ordinance; (B) Political practice pledges; (C) Campaign contribution and expenditure sheets; (D) Code of ethics statements; and (E) Financial disclosures; (5) Maintained for two (2) years: (A) Acknowledgement notices giving the disposition of a person's voter registration application; (B) Precinct voter registration lists prepared for each election; (C) Confirmation notices mailed by a county clerk to confirm a voter's change of residence or name; (D) Confirmation return cards received in response to a confirmation notice; (E) Absentee ballot applications and lists, except where litigation follows or federal law governs; and (F) Voter registration cards; and (6) Until an election is certified to the Secretary of State under § 7-5-701 , all unused ballots. Amended by Act 2017, No. 560,§ 3, eff. 8/1/2017. Acts 1991, No. 800, § 5; 1995, No. 925, § 2; 1995, No. 939, § 2.\n\nAll counties shall maintain county voter registration and election records for the county as follows, if the records are currently being:\n\n(1) Maintained permanently: (A) Voter registration record files; (B) Maps of election precincts from the county board of election commissioners; (C) Certificates of election; and (D) Ordinance election results;\n\n(A) Voter registration record files;\n\n(B) Maps of election precincts from the county board of election commissioners;\n\n(C) Certificates of election; and\n\n(D) Ordinance election results;\n\n(2) Maintained for ten (10) years, after canceled, a person's voter registration record and reason for cancellation of a person's voter registration;\n\n(3) Maintained for ten (10) years: (A) Minutes of the board of election commissioners; and (B) Election files;\n\n(A) Minutes of the board of election commissioners; and\n\n(B) Election files;\n\n(4) Maintained for five (5) years: (A) Petition, certificate, and notices for ordinance; (B) Political practice pledges; (C) Campaign contribution and expenditure sheets; (D) Code of ethics statements; and (E) Financial disclosures;\n\n(A) Petition, certificate, and notices for ordinance;\n\n(B) Political practice pledges;\n\n(C) Campaign contribution and expenditure sheets;\n\n(D) Code of ethics statements; and\n\n(E) Financial disclosures;\n\n(5) Maintained for two (2) years: (A) Acknowledgement notices giving the disposition of a person's voter registration application; (B) Precinct voter registration lists prepared for each election; (C) Confirmation notices mailed by a county clerk to confirm a voter's change of residence or name; (D) Confirmation return cards received in response to a confirmation notice; (E) Absentee ballot applications and lists, except where litigation follows or federal law governs; and (F) Voter registration cards; and\n\n(A) Acknowledgement notices giving the disposition of a person's voter registration application;\n\n(B) Precinct voter registration lists prepared for each election;\n\n(C) Confirmation notices mailed by a county clerk to confirm a voter's change of residence or name;\n\n(D) Confirmation return cards received in response to a confirmation notice;\n\n(E) Absentee ballot applications and lists, except where litigation follows or federal law governs; and\n\n(F) Voter registration cards; and\nn application;\n\n(B) Precinct voter registration lists prepared for each election;\n\n(C) Confirmation notices mailed by a county clerk to confirm a voter's change of residence or name;\n\n(D) Confirmation return cards received in response to a confirmation notice;\n\n(E) Absentee ballot applications and lists, except where litigation follows or federal law governs; and\n\n(F) Voter registration cards; and\n\n(6) Until an election is certified to the Secretary of State under § 7-5-701 , all unused ballots.","path":["AR Code","Title 13","Chapter 4","Subchapter 3"],"source_url":"https://oss-data-us.vaquill.ai/v2026.08/us_ar_statutes.parquet","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:41Z","sha256":"fa910e81a06f95e1ee255abd18ff7560eebf799cda7ce3b3fad71d01f62810e5","source_id":"us-ar","stale":false,"prev":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-13-4-305","next":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-13-4-307"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. 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