RIVIERE v. WELLS

No. 80-172.

604 S.W.2d 560 (1980)

Paul RIVIERE, Secretary of State, v. John F. WELLS et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

September 15, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steve Clark, Atty. Gen., by W. Russell Meeks, III, Deputy Atty. Gen., Little Rock, for appellant.

James F. Lane, Little Rock, for appellees.

H. Clay Robinson, Fort Smith, Raymond R. Abramson, Clarendon, Allen Gordon, Morrilton, Georgia Elrod, Siloam Springs, Frank Huckaba, Mountain Home, Ralph Wilson, Jr., Osceola, Robert A. Leglar, Fayetteville, amicus curiae.


FOGLEMAN, Chief Justice.

Appellant, the Secretary of State of Arkansas, who has the duty of certifying the ballot for the General Election of 1980 to the Boards of Election Commissioners of the various counties of the state, brings this appeal questioning the decree of the Chancery Court of Pulaski County, holding that the ballot form for submission of the proposed Constitution of 1980 he was preparing to certify, was void and directing him to certify another form...

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