(a) All election ballots provided by the county board of election commissioners of any county in this state for any election shall be alike and shall be in plain type. (b)(1) The heading of each ballot shall be: “OFFICIAL BALLOT ________(description)________ ELECTION ____(date)____, ____(year)____ Vote by placing an appropriate mark opposite the person for whom you wish to vote.” (2) If the ballot contains an initiated or referred amendment, act, or measure, the heading shall also contain these words: “Vote on amendments, acts, and measures by placing an appropriate mark below the amendment (or act or measure) either FOR or AGAINST.” (c) Every ballot shall contain the name of each candidate who has been nominated or has qualified in accordance with law for each office. The names of the candidates shall be listed in a perpendicular column under the name of each office to be filled. (d) Adjacent to the name of each candidate and on the same line there shall be a place for marking a vote for the candidate. Below each act, amendment, or measure to be voted on, there shall be the words “FOR” and “AGAINST” situated one above the other with a place for marking a vote for the act, amendment, or measure adjacent to each word and on the same line. (e) Opposite the designation of each office, there shall appear these words: “VOTE FOR ________________.” The number of persons required to fill the vacancy in office shall be placed in the blank space.
§ Ark. Code § 7-5-208Ballots — Form
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