AR SB135

Public school districts in Arkansas seeking to continue an unchanged annual ad valorem property tax rate in odd-numbered years may request modified election procedures from the county board of election commissioners

County election commissioners may reduce polling places, conduct elections only by absentee ballot and early voting, or allow a single designated qualified elector to cast a ballot for the unchanged tax rate

School district boards must appoint a qualified elector by resolution and submit documentation to the county clerk and election commission when requesting the designated elector option

If the unchanged tax rate is the only issue on the ballot in odd-numbered years, polling places are not required to open on election day

During preferential primary or general elections, the unchanged tax rate must be placed on the ballot for all qualified electors of the school district