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Cite as 2012 Ark. 319 SUPREME COURT OF ARKANSAS

No. 12-713

NANCY TODD, AN INDIVIDUAL, AND NANCY TODD’S POKER PALACE AND ENTERTAINMENT VENUES, LLC

V.

PETITIONERS

Opinion Delivered August 29, 2012

PETITION FOR REVIEW OF SECRETARY OF STATE’S DETERMINATION

MARK MARTIN, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS SECRETARY OF STATE OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS

CHUCK LANGE

RESPONDENT

INTERVENOR

PETITION FOR REVIEW GRANTED; EXPEDITED BRIEFING SCHEDULE ORDERED.

PER CURIAM

Pursuant to Arkansas Code Annotated § 7-9-505 (Repl. 2011), petitioners Nancy Todd and Nancy Todd’s Poker Palace and Entertainment Venues, LLC, seek review of the Secretary of State’s determination finding that the ballot title submitted by petitioners is legally insufficient. We grant review and direct this court’s clerk to set an expedited briefing schedule with simultaneous briefs due by Tuesday, September 4, 2012, at 9:00 a.m. Intervenor Chuck Lange’s motion to intervene is also granted. Williams & Anderson, LLC, by: Peter G. Kumpe, for petitioners Nancy Todd and Nancy Todd’s Poker Palace and Entertainment Venues, LLC. Dustin McDaniel, Att’y Gen., by: Scott P. Richardson, Ass’t Att’y Gen., for respondent Mark Martin, in His Official Capacity as Secretary of State. Wright, Lindsey & Jennings, LLP, by: Stephen R. Lancaster, Justin T. Allen, and Jane A. Kim, for intervenor Chuck Lange.

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