Appointment of Certified Election Monitors, 7 CAR pt. 51

The State Board amends the Rule for Appointment of Certified Election Monitors to modify the duties of election monitors, the compensation for certified election monitors, and detail the authority of 3 the certified election monitors. This Amendment clarifies that State Board appointed and Certified Election Monitors have the authority to access all areas of the polling location or ballot counting location, the records located at any election site, and to gather any information the Certified Election Monitor finds necessary to complete the certified election monitor’s report. Further, this amendment adjusts the pay for Certified Election Monitors so that training and report preparation is compensated at $100 per day. Further the amendment increases compensation for monitoring duties from $100 per day, as has been the rate since 2015, to $300 per day for on-site election activity monitoring at polling sites, central count locations, or other places election activities are being conducted. Further, this Amendment delineates the specific duties of a Certified Election Monitor among training, duties during the election period at polling and counting locations, and the duties of the Certified Election Monitor following the election.

There was no public hearing held for this rule. The public comment period expired on December 1, 2025. The board indicated it received no public comments. Isaac Linam, an attorney with the Bureau of Legislative Research, asked the following question: QUESTION: Your public notice says the “amendments reflect changes enacted during the 95th General Assembly”, but on the Questionnaire you indicate that the rules are not required based on any state statute. Are these changes the result of an Act or Acts from the 95th General Assembly? RESPONSE: The amendments were NOT based on acts of the 95th assembly.

• Rule packet: B.2.b. SBEC Appointment of Certified Election Monitors
• ALC summary agenda Jan 15, 2026
• ALC agenda Jan 15, 2026
• ALC meeting video Jan 15, 2026
• Arkansas Register, February 2026