The County Board of Election Commissioners consists of three members:

• One member appointed by the county committee of the majority party (generally, the county committee chairman).
  
  
• One member appointed by the county committee of the minority party (generally the county committee chairman), and
  
  
• One member appointed by the majority party.

Each of the 75 counties in the State of Arkansas has a County Board of Election Commissioners responsible for conducting elections within its respective county.

The County Boards' responsibilities include:

• altering the boundaries of existing election precincts,
• establishing new election precincts,
• establishing a polling site for each election precinct,
• seleting and appointing election officials,
• providing public notice of the time and polling sites for holding elections,
• providing public notice of the candidates and offices to be elected,
• providing ballots for absentee and early voting and voting on election day,
• providing election supplies to the election officials,
• completing a canvass of the returns of any election,
• certifying the results of elections, and
• providing a recount of the returns upon the petition of a candidate.