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Arkansas Statutes § 7-9-102 Duties of election officers - Penalty for failure to perform

⤴ Up to Subchapter 1: Petition and Election Procedure

Statute Text

(a)
(1) The duties imposed by this act upon members of the State Board of Election Commissioners and county boards of election commissioners, election officials, and all other officers expressly named in this act are declared to be mandatory.
(2) These duties shall be performed in good faith within the time and in the manner provided.
(b)
(1) If any member of any board, any election official, or any other officer so charged with the duty shall knowingly and willfully fail or refuse to perform his or her duty or shall knowingly and willfully commit a fraud in evading the performance of his or her duty, then he or she shall be guilty of a violation.
(2) Upon conviction, he or she shall be fined any sum not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) and also shall be removed from office.

History

Acts 1943, No. 195, § 12; A.S.A. 1947, § 2-223; Acts 1997, No. 646, § 2; 2005, No. 1994, § 74.

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