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Arkansas elections, 2013

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Arkansas election information for 2013 is listed below.

On the 2013 ballot
No regularly scheduled elections in Arkansas.
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Election Results

2013 elections

Special elections

State Senate District 21

See also: Arkansas state legislative special elections, 2014

Sen. Paul Bookout (D) resigned on August 21, 2013, after he was fined $8,000 by the Arkansas Ethics Commission for spending campaign funds on personal items. A special election was called for January 14, 2013, with a primary on October 8, 2013. Both a GOP and Democratic runoff took place on November 12, 2013. The filing period for candidates ran from September 3 to September 6, 2013.[1][2][3][4]

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Voting in Arkansas

See also: Voting in Arkansas
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Important voting information

  • Arkansas uses an open primary system, meaning voters are not required to declare a party preference when registering to vote.
  • To be eligible to vote in an election, an application must be submitted no later than 30 days before the election.
  • Arkansas does not permit online voter registration. Arkansas had a bill pending in the 2013 legislative session that would authorize online voter registration. HB 1650 was introduced to the Arkansas House of Representatives on March 4, 2013.[5]

Voting absentee

See also: Absentee voting by state

For information about eligibility, deadlines, military and overseas voting and updates to the voting laws in Arkansas, please visit our absentee voting by state page.

Voting early

See also: Early voting

Arkansas is one of 33 states that has early voting with no specific requirements as to who can vote early. Early voting begins 15 days before an election and ends on the day prior to election day. The average number of days prior to an election that voters can cast an early ballot is 21 days in states with a definitive starting date.

Elections Performance Index

See also: Pew Charitable Trusts' Elections Performance Index

Arkansas ranked 14th out of the 50 states and District of Columbia in the Pew Charitable Trusts' Elections Performance Index (EPI), based on the 2012 elections. The EPI examined election administration performance and assigned an average percentage score based on 17 indicators of election performance. These indicators were chosen in order to determine both the convenience and integrity of these three phases of an election: registration, voting and counting. Arkansas received an overall score of 69 percent.[6]

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