Laws governing recall in Arkansas

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The laws that govern the conduct of political recalls in Arkansas are Ark. Code §14-47-112, 14-48-114, 14-61-119, 14-92-209, and 6-13-6. Under these statutes, the following elected officials are subject to recall:

Recall law features

Features of the recall statutes in Arkansas are:

The officeholder must have been in office at least six months before a recall can be started
There is no time limit for collecting signatures
The signature requirement for mayors and directors is 35% of ballots cast for all candidates for the office at the preceding primary at which the officials were nominated or elected. For commissioners of suburban improvement districts, the requirement is 25% of the owners of real estate in the district. For school board members, the requirement is "at least thirty-five percent (35%) of the electors who are eligible to vote for the office."^[1]

Can you recall a federal official?
The U.S. Constitution does not provide for recall of any elected federal official. Although some state constitutions have stated that their citizens have the right to recall members of the U.S. Congress, the U.S. Supreme Court has not ruled on whether this is constitutional at the federal level. Read Ballotpedia's explanation »