§ 7-11-107 - Unopposed candidates. - Arkansas Statutes

7-11-107. Unopposed candidates.

(a) If there is only one (1) candidate after all deadlines for filing as a candidate have passed in a special election or special primary election to fill a vacancy and if no other office or issue is on the ballot, the county board of election commissioners may provide that:

(1) Polling places shall not be open on election day and the election shall be conducted by absentee ballot and early voting only; or

(2) Only one (1) polling place shall be open and that polling place may be at the courthouse and may be staffed by the county clerk or as many poll workers as the county board deems necessary.

(b) In a county that uses voting machines or an electronic vote tabulating device, the county board may:

(1) Choose to use paper ballots counted by hand for the election; and

(2) (A) Provide that no voting machines shall be used in the election.

(B) If the county board chooses to provide that no voting machines shall be used in the election, any other provision in Arkansas law requiring the use of a voting machine shall not apply to this section.