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ARKANSAS WOMEN'S POLITICAL CAUCUS v. RIVIERE

No. 84-215.

677 S.W.2d 846 (1984)

283 Ark. 463

ARKANSAS WOMEN'S POLITICAL CAUCUS, Petitioner, v. The Honorable Paul RIVIERE, Secretary of State, State of Arkansas; the State Board of Election Commissioners of the State of Arkansas; and the County Boards of Election Commissioners of the State of Arkansas, Respondents, The Unborn Child Amendment Committee, Intervenor.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

Rehearing Denied October 29, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mays & Crutcher Law Firm by Richard L. Mays and Tara Levy, Little Rock, for petitioner.

Steve Clark, Atty. Gen., Little Rock, for respondents.

Friday, Eldredge & Clark, and J. Leon Holmes, Little Rock, for Unborn Child Amendment Committee.

DUDLEY, Justice.

In this original action the petitioner, the Arkansas Women's Political Caucus, asks this court to declare invalid proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 65, "The Unborn Child Amendment." We hold that the popular name of the proposed amendment constitutes a partisan coloring of the ballot and declare the measure ineligible for consideration at the November 6, 1984, election.

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