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UNION COUNTY v. UNION COUNTY ELECTION COM'N

No. 81-137.

623 S.W.2d 827 (1981)

UNION COUNTY, Arkansas, et al., Appellants and Cross-Appellees, v. UNION COUNTY ELECTION COMMISSION, et al., Appellees and Cross-Appellants.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

November 16, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William A. McLean, Chief Deputy Pros. Atty., Union County, El Dorado, for appellants and cross-appellees.

James J. Calloway, El Dorado, for appellees and cross-appellants.

DUDLEY, Justice.

The central issue in this appeal is whether a quorum court has authority to establish a ceiling on expenditures made by a county election commission. We hold the quorum court has such authority when exercised in a reasonable manner.

In 1968 voting machines were installed in Union County. The election commission asked Tom Calhoun and Tom Williams to maintain and program the machines. The manufacturer of the voting machines sent a representative...

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