Frequently Asked Questions

Yes. Once you’re registered, it’s important to update your voter information whenever you move or have a legal name change. Keeping your record current can help avoid delays on Election Day. It’s easy to do using the Arkansas Voter Registration Application.

Complete a Voter Registration Application, checking the box for “This is an address change” and completing the bottom half of the form. Submit it to the county clerk in your new county no later than 4 days before a scheduled election. Otherwise, you will not be eligible to vote in your new county for that election.

Counties will periodically mail notices to voters who have not voted in several elections. If you receive such a notice, it is important that you mark your correct address and return the notice to the county clerk so your registration can be updated.

The County Clerk performs another safeguard: routinely checking for duplicate registrations across the state. Just to make sure, it’s best for you to notify the county clerk in your old county and confirm that your registration has been transferred.

Voter Registration Application

(1) This answer speaks to moving from one county to another but not from one address to another within the same county. We need to address that, perhaps creating another separate entry. (2) Need to make sure the 4 days deadline mentioned here is addressed in the other entry for deadlines.

Yes. You must update your voter information as soon as possible. For voters that move from one county to another, they must update their voter information no later than four days prior to a scheduled election.

Once you’re registered, it’s important to update your voter information whenever you move or have a legal name change. Keeping your record current can help avoid delays on Election Day. It’s easy to do using the Arkansas Voter Registration Application.

If you legally change your name due to marriage, divorce or other reason, complete a Voter Registration Application and check the box for “This is a name change,” making sure to complete the bottom half of the form.

You must register to vote wherever you actually “live or reside.” Owning property or a business in a county does not constitute residency in that county.

You must decide which county you consider “home.” If you plan to live in your home county after college, then list your parents’ address as your residence. If you do NOT intend to return there, you may list your college address as your residence. Remember: you must keep your address CURRENT on your voter registration. That’s one reason college students often list their parents’ address, which may not change as often.

If you have moved from one county to another within Arkansas, you must transfer your registration to your new county of residence. For questions about transferring your registration, ask your county clerk for assistance.

If you have moved to Arkansas from another state, notify the voter registrar in your previous state of residence to request cancellation. Be sure to submit a new registration application to your county clerk in Arkansas.

If you are changing your residence to another county within the state, your updated registration must be received by the county clerk’s office in the new county no later than 4 days before a scheduled election.

Example: “My husband and I are retired. We spend winters at home in south Arkansas and summers in the mountains in Colorado.”

This is a decision you will have to make, but you must choose only one voting location. In general, your residence is where your family lives, where you physically reside, the place you intend to return to live, where your driver’s license says you live, where you claim your homeowner’s property tax exemption, etc. Many factors affect residency.

Students may be considered to be residents of the place where they lived prior to becoming a student. However, a student may also have the intent to be a resident of the new place and be registered there. Of course, a student may not be registered and vote in more than one place.

Simply complete the name change portion of the voter registration application and submit it to your county clerk’s office.

In Arkansas, moving across county lines requires transferring the registration to the new county. Be sure to submit your updated registration to the county clerk in your new county no later than four days before a scheduled election so you can vote there. If your application arrives less than four days before an election, you will not be eligible to vote in your new county for that election.