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Arkansas Code Title 7. Elections § 7-5-213. Counting votes when special error correction ballots are utilized--Procedures

Current as of March 28, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) In the event that special error correction ballots are utilized under § 7-5-209, a county board of election commissioners shall count all special error correction ballots cast as regular ballots under the following procedures:

(1) The special error correction ballots shall be counted at the time designated in the notice of election for the canvassing and counting of absentee ballots on election day; and

(2) The vote totals shall be included with the vote totals for the issue or race which appeared on the special error correction ballots.

(b) In the event that a special error correction ballot is utilized under § 7-5-209, a county board of election commissioners shall count all special error correction ballots cast as provisional ballots under the following procedures:

(1) The special error correction ballots shall be canvassed at the time and location as other provisional ballots;

(2) The ballot shall be counted if:

(A) The voter was a qualified elector for the issue or race that was the subject of the special error correction ballot;

(B) The voter cast a ballot that was affected by the error necessitating the special error correction ballot; and

(C) The county board of election commissioners does not determine that the provisional ballot is invalid and should not be counted based on other grounds;

(3) The provisional special error correction ballots that are approved by the county board of election commissioners shall be hand counted at the time other provisional ballots are counted; and

(4) The vote totals shall be manually included with the vote totals for the issue or race which appeared on the special error correction ballots.

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