Arkansas Election Results 2026: Voting has ended

When you check in at an Arkansas polling place or 2026 advance-voting site, the election official asks you to provide an approved form of identification. Arkansas requires a document or card that shows the voter's name and photograph; the Secretary of State's voter rights guide lists a driver's license, a photo identification card, a concealed handgun carry license and a United States passport among the accepted forms. A voter who does not present the required identification may vote a provisional ballot, which is counted if the voter returns to the county board of election commissioners or the county clerk with identification by 12:00 noon on the Monday following the election.

To register to vote in Arkansas you must be a citizen of the United States, an Arkansas resident (residing in Arkansas at least 30 days before the first election in which you will vote), and age 18 or turn 18 on or before the next election, so a 17-year-old who will be 18 by the next election may register. You must not be convicted of a felony without your sentence having been discharged or pardoned, and must not presently be adjudged mentally incompetent as to your ability to vote by a court. You are registered only after the county clerk sends an acknowledgment; registration must be complete 30 days before the election.

In Arkansas a person convicted of a felony may not register or vote while the sentence has not been discharged. The Secretary of State's registration requirements say a voter must not be convicted of a felony without the sentence having been discharged or pardoned; once the sentence is discharged or the person is pardoned, they are again eligible to register to vote through the county clerk. The Secretary of State's pages do not describe a separate rights-restoration application for Arkansas voters.