Automatic voter registration
Online voter registration
Pre-registration before turning 18
Number of days prior to election a voter must be registered is 15 days or less
Online voter registration closes 15 days or less before Election Day
Registration drives
Same day registration offered in all elections
Same day registration located at polling place
Same day registration offered only during early voting
All mail voting
In-person early voting
Amount of early voting days is higher than 7
Election day is a state holiday
No-excuse mail voting
12+ hours of open polls
Paid time off work to vote
Time off work to vote
Felons can vote after incarceration with completion of sentence
Felons can vote immediately after incarceration
Felons can vote while incarcerated
No ID required to vote
Mental competency not required to register
Non-photo ID required to vote
Photo-ID required to vote
Upcoming Elections
Voting Qualifications
Deadlines
More Information
In a primary election, you must state the party primary in which you wish to vote. If you don’t wish to cast a party ballot, you may choose to vote in the nonpartisan races only (which may include judicial and prosecuting attorney races, and other local issues such as tax increases). In a primary election, you’re allowed to vote only one party’s ballot or the nonpartisan ballot. The election official records which party’s ballot you choose.
You may vote by absentee ballot in Arkansas if:
- You will be unavoidably absent from your polling site on Election Day
- You will be unable to attend your polling site on Election Day due to illness or physical disability
- You are a member of the U.S. armed forces, merchant marines or the spouse or a dependent family member
- You are a U.S. citizen whose permanent residence is in Arkansas but who is temporarily living outside the United States
If you’re voting in person in Arkansas, you will need to provide a photo ID that is issued by the United States, state of Arkansas, or a college in Arkansas (such as a driver’s license, passport, military ID, public benefit card, or student ID) at the time that you vote.
Arkansas voters no longer have the option to vote provisionally if they do not have a photo ID. They must return to the county clerk’s office the Monday after election day with a photo ID in order for their vote to be counted.
