108.00.20 Ark. Code R. § 001 - Rules for County Election Commissioners Training
Scope of Rules
These rules will set forth the procedures for training members of the county boards of election commissioners in the 75 counties in the State. These rules are in addition to, and not a substitute for, the laws of the State of Arkansas.
The qualifications5 of a member of the county board of election commissioners as determined by the General Assembly6 are as follows:
If an objection filed against married members of the county election commission the objection can only be filed against one of the two married individuals.
A member of the county board may make a financial contribution to a candidate, attend a political party's state, district, or county meeting where a candidate or issue advocate speaks as a member of the audience, or participate in a political party convention.7
Each member of the county boards of election commissioners shall attend either a comprehensive training program conducted by the State Board of Election Commissioners before the regularly scheduled preferential primary election or an advanced training program conducted by the State Board of Election Commissioners.
Advanced training will be made available if the Director of the State Board determines that, based on the amount of changes in law and procedure from the previous election cycle, an advanced training program is appropriate for experienced county commissioners. Advanced trainings are to only be utilized for commissioners who are unable to attend the comprehensive training and may be conducted remotely. Advanced trainings may not necessarily include a detailed review of all basic laws and procedures which are unchanged from the previous two election cycles but will address all aspects of the duties of an election commissioner.8
Any member of a county board of election commissioners who has not served on the commission during the previous two (2) preferential primary and general elections and previously attended the comprehensive training program conducted by the State Board of Election Commissioners must attend the comprehensive training program.
A member of a county board of election commissioners shall attend additional interim training if deemed necessary and appropriate by the State Board.
Upon completion of training conducted by the State Board of Election Commissioners, each county election commissioner attending the training is eligible to receive mileage reimbursement at the rate established for state employees by state travel regulations9
Any election commissioner who is trained under this section and who remains in office until the certification of the preferential primary election results shall be eligible to receive $100 in compensation for attending training.
All compensation and reimbursement paid under this section shall be paid to the County Treasurer upon receipt from the county of the reporting form approved and provided by the State Board to the county for that purpose.
Attendance by county election coordinators is optional, and compensation for attending training will not be provided by the State Board.
The State Board may withhold funding for county election commissioner training attendance from any county that fails to comply with the rules and guidelines developed by the State Board for the administration of election commissioner training, until all requirements are met to the satisfaction of the State Board.10
The State Board of Election Commissioners will provide training materials to each county election commissioner attending training.
1 A.C.A. § 7-4-102(a)
2 A.C.A. § 7-6-201(2)
3 A.C.A. § 7-1-101 as amended by Act 1042 of 2015
4 A.C.A. § 7-1-101
5 A.C.A. § 7-4-109 as amended by Act 1253 of 2015
6 Art 3, § 10 of the Arkansas Constitution, as amended by Amendment 85
7 A.C.A. § 7-4-109(c)(2)(B)(ii) as amended by Act 1253 of 2015
8 A.C.A. § 7-4-109(e)(1)
9 A.C.A. § 7-4-109(e)(2)
10 A.C.A. § 7-7-201(b)(3)
Notes
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