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WILSON v. PHILLIPS COUNTY ELECTION COMMISSION

No. 11-166.

2011 Ark. 223

LARRY W. WILSON; TOMMY HUNT; JOE GRUBBS; REV. CEDRIC PRIDE; JOHN WASHINGTON; WALTER MORRIS, SR.; JAY HOLLOWELL; ROBERT TUCKER; GIBSON TURLEY, JR.; KENION WILLIAMS; REV. LEROY WILLIAMS; I. E. HOLLAND, SR.; EMILY GORDON; AL GORDON; BILLIE JO MOORE; LINDA COPELAND; HENRY JORDAN; HOWARD NEWSOME, Appellants, v. PHILLIPS COUNTY ELECTION COMMISSION; WES FREMYER, CHAIRMAN; ALLEN MARTIN, MEMBER; JOHNNY SUMPTER, MEMBER; LINDA WHITE, COUNTY CLERK OF PHILLIPS COUNTY, ARKANSAS; AND UNKNOWN VIOLATORS OF THE POLITICAL PRACTICES ACT, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

Opinion Delivered May 19, 2011.

ROBERT L. BROWN, Associate Justice.

This one-brief appeal challenges the dismissal of a complaint contesting the election results for several positions on the Helena-West Helena City Council. The election was held on November 2, 2010. Because we hold that the complaint contesting the election results was not filed within twenty days of the election date, as required by the statute, we dismiss this appeal for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction.

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