Arkansas Statutes § 7-5-402 Voter qualificationVersion dated Oct. 30, 2024

This is an older version of § 7-5-402 Voter qualification which we archived on October 30, 2024.

Statute Text

The following persons, if possessing the qualifications of electors, may cast an absentee ballot in any election:

(1) Any person who will be unavoidably absent from his or her voting place on the day of the election; [and]

(2) Any person who will be unable to attend the polls on election day because of illness or physical disability ; and

(3) Any person who is prevented from voting due to observance of a religious discipline or religious holiday during the entire twelve (12) hours that the polls are open on election day .

History

Amended by Act 2023 , No. 141 , § 1 , eff. 8/1/2023 .

Acts 1969, No. 465, Art. 9, § 3; A.S.A. 1947, § 3-903; Acts 1993, No. 593, § 1; 1995, No. 686, § 2; 1995, No. 948, § 2.