- (a) The county board of election commissioners shall appoint one (1) person meeting the requirements of 7 CAR § 82-103 to serve as the county’s election coordinator.
- (b) The county board of election commissioners shall appoint an election coordinator no later than September 1 of the year preceding the year in which the preferential primary is held.
- (c) The county board of election commissioners shall certify the person appointed to serve as the coordinator to the State Board of Election Commissioners in writing no later than October 1 of the year preceding the year in which the preferential primary is held.
(d) In the event that an election coordinator’s office becomes vacant, the county board of election commissioners shall:
- (1) Notify the State Board of Election Commissioners when a vacancy occurs;
- (2) Appoint a new election coordinator within thirty (30) days of the vacancy; and
- (3) Certify the person appointed to fill the vacancy of election coordinator to the State Board of Election Commissioners within forty-five (45) days of the vacancy.
(e)
- (1) The county may request in writing to appoint a second qualifying individual to receive election coordinator training for the county.
- (2) The Director of the State Board of Election Commissioners may permit additional persons appointed by the county board of election commissioners to attend the training program if space permits.
- (3) Additional persons appointed by the county board of election commissioners to attend the training program who complete the program may be appointed to replace the election coordinator, if a need arises, without additional training.
- (4) If approved by the director, any additional persons attending county election coordinator training are not eligible for mileage or compensation from the State Board of Election Commissioners.
Codification Notes: This section as promulgated prior to codification into the Code of Arkansas Rules contained a footnote to 7 CAR § 82-104(a)(1) as follows: "6 A.C.A. § 7-4-109(e)(4)".