BECKER v. McCUEN

No. 90-286.

798 S.W.2d 71 (1990)

303 Ark. 482

J. Bill BECKER and Jim Clark, On Behalf of Themselves and All Others Similarly Situated, Appellants, v. W.J. "Bill" McCUEN, Secretary of State, Appellee, S.T. "Ross" Smith, Jr., Individually And On Behalf Of The Committee For Amendment 2, Appellee-Intervenors.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

October 31, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scott Trotter, Little Rock, for appellants.

Kay J. Jackson DeMailly, Asst. Atty. Gen., Paul B. Benham, Robert Shafer, Little Rock, for appellee.


DUDLEY, Justice.

The appellants, J. Bill Becker and Jim Clark, filed this action in chancery court asking that the proposed "Interest Rate Amendment" be taken off the November 6, 1990 ballot. They argued that the popular name and ballot title were defective and misleading. The Chancellor refused to strike the proposed amendment from the ballot. We affirm that decision.

In Arkansas there are two different ways for a constitutional amendment to be proposed to...

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