§ Ark. Code § 7-5-318(untitled)

Failure to deliver materials — Penalty — Messenger to obtain delinquent
returns.
(a) If the poll workers fail to deliver the ballots, ballot stubs, certification of election, voter lists,
and other election returns in the manner provided for in § 7-5-317, the poll workers shall forfeit
the sum of two hundred dollars ($200) to be recovered by action of debt in the name of the state
for the use of the county.
(b) Upon failure of delivery of the election returns immediately after the polls close, the county
board of election commissioners shall dispatch a peace officer to obtain the election returns, and
all expenses incurred by sending the messenger shall be paid by the defaulting poll workers.