§ Ark. Code § 7-4-107Duties of county board of election commissioners

(a) The county board of election commissioners shall:
(1) Ensure compliance with all legal requirements relating to the conduct of elections;
(2) Exercise its duties consistent with the training and materials provided by the State Board
of Election Commissioners;
(3) Allocate a sufficient number of secure ballot boxes if voting is conducted using preprinted
paper ballots for each polling site based on the number of votes cast at that polling site in the
immediately preceding:
(A) Preferential primary election or general election if the election for which the secure
ballot boxes are prepared is a preferential primary election or general election; and
(B) Special election if the election for which the secure ballot boxes are prepared is a special
election;
(4) Allocate sufficient components of a voting system approved for use under § 7-5-301 for each
polling site based on the number of votes cast at that polling site in the immediately preceding:
(A) Preferential primary election or general election if the election for which the components
are prepared is a preferential primary election or general election; and
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ELECTIONS
(B) Special election if the election for which the components are prepared is a special
election;
(5) Appoint the requisite number of election officials at each site where voters present
themselves to vote to ensure that there is a sufficient number of election officials at each site,
based upon the votes in the immediately preceding comparable election; and
(6)(A) Supervise all election officials.
(B) The supervision of election officials may be delegated by an affirmative vote of a quorum
of all members of the county board of election commissioners.
(b)(1) The county board of election commissioners shall select and appoint a sufficient number
of election officials for each polling site as provided by subsection (a) of this section and perform
the other duties prescribed not less than twenty (20) days preceding an election.
(2)(A) Each polling site shall have a minimum of two (2) election clerks, one (1) election judge,
and one (1) election sheriff.
(B) The election judge shall serve as the poll supervisor.
(C)(i) All election officials at a polling site shall have completed training under § 7-4-109
within the twelve (12) months before the election.
(ii) The minority party election commissioner shall have the option to designate a number of
election officials equal to one (1) less than the majority of election officials at each polling site,
with a minimum of two (2) election officials at each polling site.
(iii) In the event that the county party representatives on the county board of election
commissioners fail to agree upon any election official to fill an election post allotted to the
respective party twenty (20) days before the election, the county board of election commissioners shall appoint the remaining election officials.
(c) The county board of election commissioners may permit election officials to work half-day
or split shifts at the polls at any election so long as the requisite number of election officials is
always present.