Elections: Local to National
Spring - Fall 2026 Dates for Arkansas
- Monday, Feb. 2 — Deadline for new Arkansas voters to register to vote in the March elections
- Tuesday Feb. 17 — Early voting starts for the state’s spring primary and other elections
- Tuesday, Feb. 24 — Last day to request an absentee ballot
- Tuesday, March 3 — 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. — Party primaries as well as judicial, school district, local ballot issue and other contests (Bring photo ID)
- Tuesday, March 31 — Runoff elections, as needed
- Monday, Oct. 5 — Deadline for new Arkansas voters to register to vote in the November general election
- Tuesday, Oct. 19 — Early voting starts
- Tuesday, Nov. 3 — 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. — General Election (Bring photo ID)
- Tuesday, Dec. 1 — Runoff elections, as needed
See a sample ballot keyed to your home address, from the League of Women Voters' vote411.org.
Ensure you are registered in Arkansas and for your current postal home address by checking your Voter Status, typing in your name and birth date in the Registration Information section then clicking Look Up. Get your voting precinct number by typing in your residential address in the Polling Place Search section then clicking View Locations. Your View Locations page is long but, at the bottom, at the heading Districts click Show for a list of all the districts your home is assigned to, from congressional to constable.
To learn your residence's state Senate and House district numbers, use the Arkansas District Finder: type in your address under Find My District on the left side. Click on each for the name of the corresponding legislator.
Details on approved 2026 ballot issues are compiled by the U of A Division of Agriculture Public Policy Center when signatures are verified. These will be on the fall General Election ballot. The Division of Agriculture's Community, Professional and Economic Development Unit offers explainers such as "What Is a Circuit Clerk?" and "What Is a Justice of the Peace?"
The League of Women Voters of Arkansas has statewide voting information, while Washington County's LWV chapter has an FAQ page with more details.
Area Counties
Other Information
Here's how you can get a Voter Registration Application for future elections.
The Arkansas Local Government Portal provides "contact information, basic facts, elected officials and online services" for every community or county in the state. Scroll down for the locator form — which works — past the site's damaged upper portion.
The candidates of essentially all contested judge races in Arkansas — from state to circuit — have their websites linked at Judicial Nonpartisan Positions page of arvotes.org. The page does not include city "district judges," a position formerly called "municipal judge."
U of A employees have the right to take time off with pay on any election day, according to Policy 7.18 of the Staff Handbook:
In most communities, polls remain open long enough to allow you time to vote before or after working hours. In cases of extreme hardship, such as having to travel a great distance to your polling place, you may be permitted to report to work late or to leave early in order to vote. The time permitted for this purpose is given to you with pay and without reduction of your sick leave, annual leave, or any other benefit. If it is necessary for you to use this privilege, please notify your immediate supervisor before election day.
State law further guarantees this in the 2020 Arkansas Code section 7-1-102, "Work Time to Be Scheduled for Voting":
Each employer in the state shall schedule the work hours of employees on election days so that each employee will have an opportunity to exercise the right of franchise. Any employer who fails or refuses to comply with the provisions of this section shall upon conviction be subject to a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) nor more than two hundred fifty dollars ($250).