Date Original
1978-2014
Description
This collections consists of the records of the Arkansas State Board of Election Commissioners. It includes reimbursements paid to each Arkansas county for the cost of holding elections. These files are organized alphabetically by county. The files include information on reimbursement for costs such as commissioner training, poll worker pay and training, ballot printing, and supply and programming costs. It also includes information on voting systems and voting machines that were used or considered for use in past elections for voting and ballot counting. The collection also contains sound recordings of board meetings and headshot photographs of various election commissioners from 1995 to 2011.
Biographical/Historical Note
The Arkansas State Board of Election Commissioners is a seven-member board comprised of the Arkansas Secretary of State as Chairperson, two members appointed by the governor, one member appointed by the chair of the state Democratic party, one member appointed by the chair of the Republican party, the President Pro Tempore of the Arkansas Senate, and the Speaker of the Arkansas House of Representatives. The board's mission is to promote fair and orderly election procedures through education, assistance, and monitoring. The board develops resources to educate and assist candidates and county election administrators, develops and conducts training for county election commissioners and election officials, monitors compliance of local election authorities with federal and state election laws, investigates complaints of alleged election misconduct and election law violations, and distributes funds to the counties for state-supported political party primary elections, nonpartisan judicial general elections, special primary elections, and statewide special elections.
Physical Description
Document, 8.5" x 11"
Geographical Area
Arkansas
Language
English
Identifier
MS.000985
Resource Type
Text
Collection
Arkansas State Board of Election Commissioners records, MS.000985
Publisher
Arkansas State Archives
Contributing Entity
Arkansas State Archives
Recommended Citation
Arkansas State Board of Election Commissioners records, Arkansas State Archives, Little Rock, Arkansas.
Rights
Use and reproduction of images held by the Arkansas State Archives without prior written permission is prohibited. For information on reproducing images held by the Arkansas State Archives, please call 501-682-6900 or email at state.archives@arkansas.gov.
Disciplines
United States History
