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EDDIE ARMSTRONG AND LANCE HUEY, INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF RESPONSIBLE GROWTH ARKANSAS, A BALLOT QUESTION COMMITTEE PETITIONERS V. JOHN THURSTON, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITIES AS SECRETARY OF STATE AND CHAIR OF THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTION COMMISSIONERS; STATE BOARD OF ELECTION COMMISSIONERS RESPONDENTS SAVE ARKANSAS FROM EPIDEMIC, A BALLOT QUESTION COMMITTEE; AND DAVID BURNETT, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS CHAIRMAN OF SAVE ARKANSAS FROM EPIDEMIC BALLOT QUESTION COMMITTEE INTERVENORS SAFE AND SECURE COMMUNITIES, A BALLOT QUESTION COMMITTEE; AND MICHAEL MCCAULEY, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS CHAIRMAN OF SAFE AND SECURE COMMUNITIES INTERVENORS

Court Supreme Court
Date 09/12/2022
Neutral Citation 2022 Ark. 154
Docket Number CV-22-482
Author PER CURIAM
Opinion Type Per Curiam
Term 2022 Fall Term
Disposition Writ of mandamus issued

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Cite as 2022 Ark. 154

SUPREME COURT OF ARKANSAS

No. CV-22-482

 

EDDIE ARMSTRONG AND LANCE HUEY, INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF RESPONSIBLE GROWTH ARKANSAS, A BALLOT QUESTION COMMITTEE

PETITIONERS

 

V.

 

JOHN THURSTON, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITIES AS SECRETARY OF STATE AND CHAIR OF THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTION COMMISSIONERS; STATE BOARD OF ELECTION COMMISSIONERS

RESPONDENTS

 

SAVE ARKANSAS FROM EPIDEMIC, A BALLOT QUESTION COMMITTEE; AND DAVID BURNETT, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS CHAIRMAN OF SAVE ARKANSAS FROM EPIDEMIC BALLOT QUESTION COMMITTEE

INTERVENORS

 

SAFE AND SECURE COMMUNITIES, A BALLOT QUESTION COMMITTEE; AND MICHAEL MCCAULEY, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS CHAIRMAN OF SAFE AND SECURE COMMUNITIES

INTERVENORS

 

Opinion Delivered:  September 12, 2022

 

 

 

 

AN ORIGINAL ACTION

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WRIT OF MANDAMUS ISSUED.

 

PER CURIAM

            Pursuant to our authority under amendment 80, section 2(E) of the Arkansas Constitution to issue and determine any and all writs necessary in aid of our jurisdiction, we issue a writ of mandamus to the Secretary of State to decide the sufficiency of the proposed initiative petition at issue in this action pursuant to article 5, section 1 of the Arkansas Constitution. The Secretary of State is ordered to file proof of his decision by 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday, September 14, 2022.

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