§ 7-9-113 - Publication of notice. - Arkansas Statutes

7-9-113. Publication of notice.

(a) The Secretary of State shall be charged with the duty of letting contracts for publishing notices as authorized in this section.

(b) (1) Before the election at which any proposed or referred measure is to be voted upon by the people, notice shall be published in two (2) weekly issues of some newspaper in each county as is provided by law.

(2) (A) Publication of the notice for amendments proposed by the General Assembly shall commence six (6) months before the election.

(B) Publication of the notice for all other measures shall commence eight (8) weeks before the election.

(c) At least one (1) notice shall contain the number, the popular name, the ballot title, and a complete text of the measure to be submitted and shall be published in a camera-ready format in a type no smaller than ten-point type.

(d) It shall be the duty of the Secretary of State, in connection with a copy of the proposed amendment, to give notice in the same newspapers that each elector on depositing his or her ballot at the election shall vote for or against the amendment.