Arkansas Ballot Access

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ELECTION INFO: SECRETARY OF STATE
Phone: (501) 682-5070
Toll Free: (800)482-1127
Email: electionsemail@sos.arkansas.gov

STATE-ISTICS: STATE INFORMATION
ARKANSAS CODE

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Getting on the Ballot for 2012

Petition: 1,000 signatures [7-8-302(5b)]
(Political Group or Independent Candidate)
Deadline: At noon on first Monday in August in the year of the election [7-8-302(5b)]
No filing fees

Recognized party qualifications:

Received at least 3% of the votes for governor or presidential electors in the last general election* [7- 1-101(16)]

Primary ballot access:

Each political party shall be responsible for determining the qualifications of candidates seeking nomination by the political party, provide necessary applications for candidacy, accept and process the applications, and determine the order of its ballot [7- 7-201(5)] Democratic Party Requirements: File with the party in April Petition: 3% of voters in the previous presidential primary (in 2004, this will approximately46,913 signatures) or 1,000 per congressional district, whichever is less
Party filing fee: $2,500
Deadline: pay fee between the third Tuesday in March and 14 days after [7-7-203(c)] Republican Party Requirements: File with the party in April
Party filing fee: $10,000 (Note: fee was $5,000 in 2000)
Deadline: pay fee between the third Tuesday in March and 14 days after [7-7-203(c)]

New party qualifications:

Petition: at least ten thousand (10,000) registered voters in the state. [7-7-205]
Circulate during any ninety-day period. [7-7-205(4)]
Deadline: Nominated candidates shall file a political practice pledge with the Secretary of State or county clerk, as the case may be, no later than sixty (60) days prior to the general election. [7-7-205]

General ballot access for new parties:

New parties may nominate candidates by convention [7-7-205]

General ballot access for political group/independent candidates:

Petition: 1,000 signatures [7-8-302(5b)]
Deadline: at noon on first Monday in August in the year of the election [7-8-302(5b)]
No filing fees

General ballot access for independent candidates (not-President):

Petition: 3% of voters statewide [7-7-103]
Deadline: May 1 [7-7-103]
No filing fees

Last day to withdraw from the ballot:

no statute

Primary date:

Tuesday three weeks prior to the second Tuesday in June [7-7-203(b)] Participation: Closed primary Voter registration: 30 days before the election Sources: Arkansas State Legislature. Arkansas Code. Retrieved January 19, 2009 from http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SearchCenter/Pages/ArkansasCodeSearchResul.... The Reform Institute (December 2003). Presidential Ballot Access: State by State Scorecard. Retrieved November 10, 2008, from https://www.policyarchive.org/bitstream/handle/10207/5646/2003scorecard.pdf?sequence=1.

NO WRITE-IN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES ALLOWED.

Source: Frank Moore (May 8, 2008). US Presidential Write-In Candidate Requirements For Each State. Retrieved November 10, 2008, from http://www.writein2008.blogspot.com/