ARKANSAS

Presidential and State Primary registration deadline – April 21, 2012

Presidential and State Primary date – May 22, 2012

General Election registration deadline – October 6, 2012

Election information phone number – 501-682-5070 or toll free 800-482-1127

State election website – http://www.sos.arkansas.gov/elections/Pages/default.aspx

Early voting

In person – Any voter may vote early in person between May 7 and May 21 for the Primary; between October 22 and November 5 for the General Election.

By mail – Absentee voting by mail is permitted only if: you will be “unavoidably absent from your polling site on election day;” physical illness or disability prevents you from going to your polling site; you are in the armed forces or the spouse or dependent family member of a person in the armed services; or you are temporarily living outside the U.S.

Absentee ballots must be requested for the Primary no later than May 15 by mail; no later than May 21 in person.

Absentee ballots must be requested for the General Election no later than October 30 by mail; November 5 in person.

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