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| General Election All States |
| | • Tuesday next after 1st Monday in November of even-numbered years
[AR Code 7-5-102]...
(NOTE: AR Constitution- Article 3, Section 8- sets the General Election date as the 1st Monday of September "but the General Assembly may by law fix a different time"-- and, quite obviously, it has done so) |
| Presidential Primary All States |
| | • (--2019) What the statutes call a "Preferential Primary Election" is required for the selection of delegates to any Party's quadrennial National Nominating Convention. [AR Code 7-8-201]...
[NOTE: the clear implication being that the date of the resultant Presidential Primary would be the same as that of such a "Preferential Primary Election" as stated in AR Code 7-7-203(b). Hence, the "Preferential Primary Election" is held 3 weeks [AR Code 7-7-203(b)] prior to the 2nd Tuesday in June (for 2016, 3 weeks prior to the 4th Tuesday in March) "General Primary Election" [AR Code 7-7-203(a)].] |
| | • (2019--) ... on the 1st Tuesday after the first Monday in March [AR Code 7-7-203(b)(2)]. |
| State Primary All States |
| | • (--2017) per AR Code 7-7-203(a), what the statutes call a "General Primary Election" is held on the 2nd Tuesday in June (for 2016, the 4th Tuesday in March) prior to the General Election.
[NOTE: this is, in fact, what would normally be called a "Runoff Election"];
per AR Code 7-7-203(b), what the statutes call a "Preferential Primary Election" is held exactly 3 weeks prior to the so-called "General Primary Election".
[NOTE: this is, in fact, what would normally be called a "(First) Primary Election" in those States with Runoff Elections] |
| | • (2017-2019) per AR Code 7-7-203(a), what the statutes call a "General Primary Election" is held on the 3nd Tuesday in June preceding the General Election. [NOTE: this is, in fact, what would normally be called a "Runoff Election"];
per AR Code 7-7-203(b), what the statutes call a "Preferential Primary Election" is held exactly 4 weeks prior to the so-called "General Primary Election" [NOTE: this is, in fact, what would normally be called a "(First) Primary Election" in those States with Runoff Elections] |
| | • (2019--) The preferential primary election shall be held on: For years in which the office of Governor will appear on the ballot ..., on the Tuesday 4 weeks before the general primary election; and For years in which the office of President of the United States will appear on the ballot ..., on the 1st Tuesday after the first Monday in March. [AR Code 7-7-203(b)(1)(2) NOTE: this is, in fact, what would normally be called a "(First) Primary Election" in those States with Runoff Elections.]
The general primary election shall be held on: For years in which the office of Governor will appear on the ballot at the general election, on the 3rd Tuesday in June ...; and For years in which the office of President of the United States will appear on the ballot ..., on the Tuesday 4 weeks following the preferential primary election. [AR Code 7-7-203(a)(1)(2) NOTE: this is, in fact, what would normally be called a "Runoff Election".] |
| Polling times All States |
| | • Polls open: 7:30 AM local time
Polls close: 7:30 PM local time
[AR Code 7-5-304] |
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