Opinion No.

The Honorable John W. Parkerson State Representative 520 Ouachita Avenue Hot Springs, Arkansas 71901-5196

Dear Representative Parkerson:

This is in response to your request for an opinion on whether a county is obligated to pay the expenses associated with the use of electronic voting systems used in a primary election. Specifically, you indicate that for many years, Garland County used "voting machines." Section 7-5-508(b) of the Arkansas Code provides that a county must pay the expenses of using voting machines in primary elections. Recently, however, Garland County purchased an "electronic…