The Arkansas voter registration deadline is October 6, 2024. Voters can apply in-person or by mailing a paper application form requested online or printed.
Eligibility
In order to register to vote, you must be a U.S. Citizen, an Arkansas resident, be at least 18 by the time of the next election.
- Arkansas residents are not eligible to vote if they are a convicted felon who is currently serving incarceration, parole, or probation OR if they have been adjudged a mentally incompetent concerning the ability to vote by a court of competent jurisdiction in order to be eligible for voter registration.
- College students have a choice of whether they want to vote in Arkansas or vote in their home state. You may only be registered and vote at one location.
Deadline
The deadline to register to vote in Arkansas for the General Election is October 6, 2024.
Voter Registration Process
There are three methods of voter registration in Arkansas: register in-person, request an application online, or mail a printable application to the Arizona Secretary of State.
- Arkansas residents registering to vote in-person may do so at their county clerk’s office, any AR ODS location, any public library or Arkansas State Library, any public assistance or disability agency, any military recruitment or National Guard office, or at local voter registration drives.
- Further voter registration information for Arkansas can be found here.
This page was last updated on May 23, 2024.
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Arkansas offers by-mail, in-person early voting, and in-person on Election Day voting in the 2024 General Election.
Vote-By-Mail Practices
Arkansas offers absentee voting-by-mail for registered Arizona voters who meet certain criteria.
- Qualifications to vote as an absentee can be found here and include eligibility for college students who will be unavoidably absent from their polling place on Election Day.
- Registered Arkansas voters who meet criteria to vote as an absentee can request an absentee ballot by contacting their county clerk or by submitting an absentee ballot application.
- Applications for mail-in-ballots must be brought to the County Clerk in person by close of business the Friday prior to Election Day (November 1, 2024) or by mail 7 days before Election Day (October 30, 2024).
- Mail-in-ballots must be submitted by the end of the business day on the Friday before Election Day (November 1, 2024) if delivered by the voter or a designated bearer. Ballots submitted by an authorized agent or by-mail must be delivered by 7:30 p.m. on Election Day (November 5, 2024).
- Further absentee information for Arkansas is listed here.
In-Person Early Voting Practices
Arkansas offers in-person early voting to all registered Arkansas voters. Find information on in-person early voting here.
- Early voting will occur 15 days prior to Election Day until the Monday before Election Day (October 21, 2024-November 4, 2024) between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. Monday through Friday and between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. on Saturdays and the Monday before Election Day.
- Early voting typically takes place at one’s County Clerk’s office, but if another location is used, it will be published in local newspapers. You can contact your county clerk to confirm in-person early voting locations.
Election Day Practices
On Election Day, the polls are open 7:30 a.m.-7:30 p.m.
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Registered Arkansas voters must present an acceptable form of photo ID in order to vote. IDs must include the voter’s name, photo, be issued by the U.S., the State of Arkansas, or an accredited post-secondary school in Arkansas, and can not be expired for more than four years (ie. driver’s license, passport, concealed handgun carry license, ID from an Arkansas University, voter verification card). Further information about what types of ID to produce can be found here.
- Further Arkansas voting information is listed here.
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