For anyone who wants to run as an independent candidate for municipal office deadline for filing and election dates are quickly approaching.
For many mayors, council members, city directors, recorders, treasurers and other local officials, 2024 is an election year and the deadlines for filing and other important dates are approaching.
The State Board of Election Commissioners has published Running for Public Office: A "Plain English" Handbook for Candidates (2024 edition). This comprehensive handbook provides candidates with everything they need to know about elections in Arkansas, including the state statutes that govern the process and sample filing forms candidates may use. It is available as a free, downloadable PDF on the Arkansas Secretary of State's website at www.sos.arkan-sas.gov.
Filing and election dates that independent candidates for municipal office need to know 2024 election dates are
• General election—November 5, 2024
• General election runoff—December 3, 2024
2024 filing dates for independent candidates
• An independent municipal candidate in a mayorcouncil form of government seeking election at the November 5, 2024, General Election must file a petition, a political practices pledge and an affidavit of eligibility during the one-week period beginning July 31, 2024, and ending at noon on
August 7, 2024.
• A n independent municipal candidate in a city manager form of government seeking election at the November 5, 2024, General Election must file a petition, a political practices pledge and an
affidavit of eligibility between July 31, 2024, and noon on August 7, 2024.
• An independent candidate in a city administrator form of government seeking election at the
November 5, 2024, General Election must file a statement of candidacy and a petition between
July 31, 2024, and noon on August 7, 2024.
