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.