§ Ark. Code § 7-5-203Certification of candidate lists

(a)(1) Not less than seventy-five (75) days before each general election day, the Secretary of
State shall certify to all county boards of election commissioners full lists of all candidates to be
voted for in their respective counties as the nominations have been certified or otherwise properly
submitted to him or her.
(2) A name of a person shall not be certified and shall not be placed on the ballot if prior to the
certification deadline a candidate on the list:
(A) Notifies the Secretary of State in writing, signed by the candidate and acknowledged
before an officer authorized to take acknowledgements, of his or her desire to withdraw as a
candidate for the office or position; or
(B) Dies.
(b)(1) Not less than seventy-five (75) days before each general election day, the clerk of each
county shall certify to the county board of election commissioners of his or her county a full list
of all candidates to be voted for in the county as the nominations have been certified or otherwise
properly submitted to him or her.
(2) A name of a person shall not be certified and shall not be placed on the ballot if prior to the
certification deadline a candidate on the list:
(A) Notifies the county clerk in writing, signed by the candidate and acknowledged before an
officer authorized to take acknowledgements, of his or her desire to withdraw as a candidate for
the office or position; or
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(B) Dies.
(c) However, in special elections held to fill vacancies or to elect officers in case of a tie vote, the
certification shall issue at the time specified in the writ of election issued by the appropriately
constituted authority.