2024 Election Dates
| February | ||
| 5 | Deadline to register to vote in primary and nonpartisan election. | |
| 19 | Early voting begins for preferential primary election and nonpartisan judicial general election. | |
| March | ||
| 5 | Election day for preferential primary election and nonpartisan judicial general election. | |
| April | ||
| 2 | Primary election runoff. | |
| July | ||
| 5 | Deadline to file petitions to place initiated measures on November general election ballot. | |
| October | ||
| 7 | Deadline to register to vote in general election and nonpartisan judicial runoff election. | |
| 21 | Early voting begins for general election and nonpartisan judicial runoff election. | |
| November | ||
| 5 | General election and nonpartisan judicial runoff election. | |
| December | ||
| 3 | General election runoff (county and municipal only) | |
Registration Rules:If you have not registered to vote, you must do so 30 days before an election. Last date to register for the Primary and Nonpartisan Judicial Election of March 5 is February 5. If you have altered the facts on your voter registration (changed name or address) you must notify the county clerk 30 days before an election. Methods of registration for Arkansas residents who are at least 18 years of age and a U.S. citizen: (1) county clerk’s office in your home county; (2) state revenue office; (3) public library or Arkansas State Library; (4) public assistance agency; (5) disability agency; (6) military recruitment office; (7) Arkansas National Guard; (8) any voter registration drive; and (9) mail-in registration. Online voter registration information can be accessed: Arkansas Secretary of State or call your county clerk.
*Deadlines that fall on a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday will advance to the next business day, per Ark. Code § 7-1-108. For this publication, the Office of the Secretary of State has interpreted “legal holiday” as being an official state holiday and an official federal holiday in which the deadline is affected by the availability of mail services through the United States Postal Service. | ||