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This page is an overview of the 2022 Arkansas elections, including the offices on the ballot covered by Ballotpedia, election dates, and oftentimes asked questions.

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Offices on the election

Election dates

Arkansas election dates, 2022

Statewide election dates in Arkansas are listed below. For more dates, delight see the elections calendar.

Statewide election dates

May 24, 2022: Primary
June 21, 2022: Primary runoff
Nov 8, 2022: Full general election

Polling hours:

Local election dates

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Frequently asked questions

When are the polls open up?


Encounter Land Poll Opening and Endmost Times (2022) for more data

Where can I find election results?

Election results are posted on Ballotpedia's election overview pages, as well every bit the relevant candidate pages. Yous can find links to the current election overview pages in the "Offices on the ballot" section of this page.

How practice primaries work in Arkansas?

A primary election is an ballot in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should be a political party'southward candidate for elected office to run in the general election. They are also used to cull convention delegates and political party leaders. Primaries are state-level and local-level elections that accept place prior to a general election. Arkansas utilizes an open primary system. Registered voters do not accept to be members of a political party to vote in that party'southward primary.[ane] [2] [3]

For information about which offices are nominated via master election, see this commodity.

How practice I annals to vote?

To vote in Arkansas, ane must exist a citizen of the United states of america and a resident of Arkansas. A voter must be eighteen years of age or older on or before Ballot Day.[iv]

Registration must be completed no later than xxx days earlier the ballot in which a voter wishes to participate. Citizens may register to vote past mail or at one of the following locations:[4]

  • Canton clerk's part
  • Country Revenue Role, Driver Services
  • Public library
  • Public aid agency
  • Disability agency
  • Military recruitment office
  • Voter registration drive


Is there an early on voting period?

See also: Early voting

Arkansas permits early voting. Learn more by visiting this website.

Who is eligible for absentee voting?

Run across besides: Absentee/mail-in voting

The table below displays absentee voting information specific to Arkansas' 2022 primary ballot.

Absentee voting in Arkansas
Are there limits on who can request a ballot? N/A
Post request deadline May 17, 2022
Asking postmark or receipt deadline Received
Post return deadline May 24, 2022
Render postmark or receipt deadline Received
Notary/witness requirements N/A

Arkansas voters are eligible to vote absentee in an election if they cannot make it to the polls on Election Mean solar day for one of the post-obit reasons:[v]

  • The voter will be "unavoidably absent" from his or her polling location on Ballot Mean solar day.
  • The voter is physically unable to visit his or her polling location on Ballot Day due to illness or inability.
  • The voter is a fellow member of the armed forces.
  • The voter is a citizen temporarily living outside of the United States.

To vote absentee, a asking must exist received past elections officials either 7 days prior to the election (if submitted by mail or fax) or the twenty-four hour period before the election (if submitted in person). The absentee election must then be returned either in person past close of business the mean solar day before the election or by mail service. If returned by postal service, the ballot must be received by seven:30 p.yard. on Election Day.[half dozen] [7]

What are the voter ID laws in Arkansas?

See Voter identification laws by state.

How practise I file to run for office?

See Ballot admission requirements for political candidates in Arkansas for information on how to run for state or federal office.

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Redistricting following the 2020 census

This section lists major events in the post-2020 census redistricting cycle in reverse chronological lodge. Major events include the release of circulation data, the release of demography population data, the introduction of formal map proposals, the enactment of new maps, and noteworthy court challenges. Click the dates below for additional information.

  • Jan. 14, 2022: The congressional map approved by the Arkansas General Associates went into result.
  • Dec. 29, 2021: The Arkansas Board of Apportionment's new state legislative maps went into issue. The aforementioned day, a lawsuit was filed against the enacted land House map.
  • Nov. 29, 2021: The Arkansas Board of Apportionment voted 3-0 in favor of new land legislative maps.
  • Nov. iv, 2021: Attorney General Leslie Rutledge (R) issued a legal stance clarifying that the congressional map plans passed past the legislature would become law without Hutchinson'south signature on Jan. 14, 2022.
  • Oct. 29, 2021: The Arkansas Board of Circulation accepted proposed maps for the country Senate and House.
  • Oct. 13, 2021: Gov. Asa Hutchinson (R) announced that he would neither sign nor veto the two proposed maps approved by the country legislature, pregnant they would go into effect without his signature in 90 days.
  • Oct. 7, 2021: The Arkansas General Assembly approved 2 proposed maps and sent them to Gov. Asa Hutchinson (R).
  • Sept. 29, 2021: The Arkansas General Associates reconvened at the first of a state legislative special session to consider congressional map proposals.
  • Sept. 27, 2021: The joint House and Senate State Agencies and Governmental Affairs Committees met to consider the last of the xv congressional map plans proposed past state legislators.
  • September 16, 2021: The U.S. Census Bureau released data from the 2020 census in an easier-to-use format to state redistricting authorities and the public.
  • Aug. 12, 2021: The U.Southward. Demography Agency delivered redistricting data in a legacy format.
  • April 26, 2021: The U.South. Census Bureau delivered apportionment counts.

Footnotes

  1. ↑ National Briefing of State Legislatures Website, "State Chief Election Types," accessed Jan half-dozen, 2014
  2. ↑ Fair Vote, "Congressional and Presidential Primaries: Open up, Airtight, Semi-Airtight, and 'Height Two,'" accessed Jan 6, 2014
  3. ↑ Ballotpedia research conducted December 26, 2013, through January 3, 2014, researching and analyzing various land websites and codes.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Arkansas Secretary of State, "Voter Registration Data," accessed Oct 5, 2019
  5. ↑ Arkansas Secretarial assistant of State, "Voting in Arkansas," accessed September nine, 2019
  6. ↑ Arkansas Secretary of State, "Military and Overseas Citizens," accessed September 9, 2019
  7. ↑ Arkansas Secretary of Land, "Absentee Voting," accessed September ix, 2019

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