Opinion No.

The Honorable W.J. "Bill" McCuen Secretary of State State Capitol Building Little Rock, AR 72201-1094

Dear Mr. McCuen:

This is in response to your request for an opinion on the following question:

May a person run for a school board position as a write-in candidate? If so, when does the person file his notice of intent, during the period established in A.C.A. 6-14-112 or A.C.A. 7-5-205?

For the reasons that follow, it is my opinion, although it is an unclear area of the law, that the answer to the first part of this question is "no".

Four Arkansas statutes and two Arkansas cases must be analyzed…