In the event of a vacancy or disqualification on the part of any state or county chair for either the majority party or a minority party, the state vice chair or county vice chair of the party in which the vacancy occurs shall act as county chair or state chair, as the case may be, for all of the purposes set out in § 7-4-101 and this section until a new county chair or state chair is selected by the parties.
Ark. Code § 7-4-103