CITIZENS TO EST. REFORM PARTY v. PRIEST

No. 96-639.

926 S.W.2d 432 (1996)

325 Ark. 257

CITIZENS TO ESTABLISH A REFORM PARTY IN ARKANSAS, et al., Appellants, v. Sharon PRIEST, in Her Official Capacity as Secretary of State for the State of Arkansas, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

July 8, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel Lanham, Jr., Bangor, G. Alan Perkins, Little Rock, for appellants.

Angela S. Jegley, Sr. Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, for appellee.


JESSON, Chief Justice.

This case concerns the appellants' efforts to establish the Reform Party as a new political party in the State of Arkansas. Their objective is to field a slate of candidates for national, state, and county offices in the 1996 general election. Arkansas law provides two means of forming a new political party. The convention process permits a political group to hold a convention for the purpose of choosing presidential and vice-presidential candidates...

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