EIIElection Integrity Index

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: This section addresses poll worker procedures for verifying voter identity and registration at the polling place. It contains no provisions regarding downloadable public packages, certificates, device records, or result signatures—all of which are technical election security artifacts unrelated to voter verification procedures.

No matching sections in corpus.

Section 7-4-121(a)(2)(D) explicitly requires the State Board of Election Commissioners to conduct post-election audits using the voter-verified paper audit trail, establishing a legal requirement for this verification mechanism in the audit process.

“Conduct the audit by using the voter-verified paper audit trail”

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: This section addresses secure voter registration for domestic violence victims, protecting their address information and establishing eligibility criteria. It contains no provisions regarding citizen re-tally rights, access to published precinct data, or any mechanism for citizens to verify or recount election results.

The statute requires ballots to be placed in a container with a 'numbered seal,' which provides basic tamper-evident functionality through numbered seals. However, the statute does not mandate tamper-responsive mechanisms, logging of seal integrity, or automatic quarantine procedures. It addresses only the lower end of tamper-evidence standards.

Section 7-5-301(n) explicitly prohibits electronic voting machines and vote tabulating devices from being connected to the internet, external networks, or establishing wireless connections during any time a voter is eligible to cast a ballot. This directly satisfies the criterion requiring legal prohibition of internet/Wi-Fi/cellular connectivity on vote-casting equipment.

The statute mandates comprehensive chain-of-custody documentation with specific required information on ballot transfer forms, and further provides that 'The marked absentee or provisional ballot transfer form under subdivision (c)(3) of this section shall be considered a public record,' making the documentation publicly available.

The statute explicitly criminalizes tampering with voting machines and fraudulently affecting their results. Subsection (b)(1) classifies conviction as a Class D felony, providing explicit criminal penalties for unauthorized access or manipulation of voting devices.

The statute uses mandatory language ('shall audit') and explicitly requires the State Board of Election Commissioners to conduct post-election audits for 'each preferential primary election and general election,' establishing that a post-election audit is legally required for every election.

The statute mandates use of a voter-verified paper audit trail but does not specify the statistical methodology or sample-size approach. This appears to be a hand-count verification method based on paper records, corresponding to a fixed or predetermined approach rather than a risk-limiting or comparison audit design. The statute requires audits but lacks the probabilistic framework characteristic of RLAs or the detailed comparison protocols of structured comparison audits.

“Conduct the audit by using the voter-verified paper audit trail”

No matching sections in corpus.

The statute explicitly grants poll watchers access to observe audits under subsection (d)(10), but this access is limited to designated poll watchers (authorized representatives of candidates, political parties, and groups) rather than all citizens and media. The requirement for training, designation, and badge-wearing indicates a restricted observer class, not open public access.

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: This section addresses the appropriation and transfer of funds for election expenses and operations. It does not address post-election audits, audit procedures, or the legal binding force of audit results on certified election outcomes. The section is entirely fiscal in nature and is therefore irrelevant to the criterion.

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: This section addresses financial disclosure requirements for county election board members regarding goods and services sold to government entities. It does not concern voting system source code accessibility or transparency, which is the subject of criterion 1.1. The section is entirely unrelated to the criterion being evaluated.

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: This section addresses the reproduction and distribution of computerized voter registration lists by county clerks, including formatting, fees, and handling of secure voter information. It does not concern software, source code, reproducible builds, or any technical requirements for compiling binaries used in election systems.

No matching sections in corpus.

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: This section defines direct-recording electronic voting machines and establishes requirements for voter-verified paper audit trails. It does not address whether ballot contests, layouts, and tabulation rules are signed and published before polls open. The section concerns machine hardware and paper record requirements, not the publication or signing of election definitions.

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: Section 7-1-101 contains only definitions of election-related terms and does not address post-election integrity checks, binary verification, or software verification procedures. This is a definitional statute section that does not grant rights related to verifying running binaries against committed ones.

The statute explicitly grants poll watchers (including party and civil-society representatives) uniform and nondiscriminatory access to observe all major stages of the election process, from certification and testing through audits and recounts. This comprehensively satisfies the criterion for full procedural access to observers.

No matching sections in corpus.

Arkansas Code § 7-5-701(a)(3)(A) and (C) explicitly require that precinct-level results be transmitted immediately after tabulation but no later than 24 hours after polls close on election night for all state and federal elections. The statute mandates this transmission through a specified election night reporting interface, satisfying the criterion for within-24-hour publication of precinct-level results.

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: This section addresses the production and secure storage of audit logs and voter-verified paper audit trails in the context of election contests or recounts, but it does not require that these logs be public, signed, or append-only. The statute focuses on securing materials under lock and key in the county courthouse, which is the opposite of public accessibility.

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: This section addresses manufacturer demonstration and employee assistance requirements for voting machines, but contains no language permitting or prohibiting multiple certified vendors from operating in the same election. It is silent on vendor competition, certification, or multi-vendor capability and therefore does not satisfy the criterion.

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: Section 7-1-113 addresses vote center operations, voter registration verification, and equipment maintenance standards, but does not address open protocol standards or publicly documented device-protocol specifications. The section authorizes the Secretary of State to promulgate rules for electronic equipment and connections but contains no requirement that such standards be open or publicly documented.

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: This section defines terms used in Arkansas's ballot question and legislative question campaign finance framework (Ark. Code § 7-9-402). It contains definitions of 'ballot question,' 'contribution,' 'expenditure,' 'foreign national,' and related election finance concepts. The section does not address vendor contracts, contract duration, or any procurement-related matters that would be relevant to the vendor independence criterion.

No matching sections in corpus.

The statute mandates that no voting machine shall be approved unless it ensures voter secrecy during the act of voting. This directly addresses the legal guarantee of ballot secrecy, which is enforceable through the machine approval process outlined in the statute.

“It will ensure secrecy to the voter in the act of voting”

The statute mandates accessibility at polling places and requires reasonable methods for voters with disabilities to vote privately and independently, but does not specify comprehensive accessibility standards addressing vision, motor, and language impairments explicitly. It references compliance with the ADA and HAVA but does not detail the specific standards themselves.

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: This section establishes procedures for designating, altering, and relocating polling sites, including minimum notification periods and precinct redistricting requirements. However, it does not set a legal floor on the number of polling places per population or geographic area. The requirement that precincts with more than 3,000 registered voters be redistricted is about precinct size, not about minimum polling-place density standards.