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THURSTON v. THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF ARKANSAS

No. CV-22-190.

2024 Ark. 90

JOHN THURSTON, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS SECRETARY OF STATE OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS; SHARON BROOKS, BILENDA HARRIS-RITTER, WILLIAM LUTHER, CHARLES ROBERTS, JAMES SHARP, AND J. HARMON SMITH, IN THEIR OFFICIAL CAPACITIES AS MEMBERS OF THE ARKANSAS STATE BOARD OF ELECTION COMMISSIONERS, Appellants, v. THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF ARKANSAS; ARKANSAS UNITED; DORTHA DUNLAP; LEON KAPLAN; NELL MATTHEWS MOCK; JEFFERY RUST; AND PATSY WATKINS Appellees.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

Opinion Delivered: May 16, 2024.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tim Griffin , Att'y Gen., by: Nicholas J. Bronni , Solicitor Gen.; and Dylan L. Jacobs , Dep. Solicitor Gen., for appellants.

Kutak Rock LLP, by: Jess Askew III and McKenzie L. Raub , for appellees; Perkins Coie LLP, by: Kevin J. Hamilton , pro hac vice, for appellee League of Women Voters of Arkansas; Elias Law Group LLP, by: Elisabeth Frost and Alexi M. Velez , pro hac vice, for appellees Arkansas United, Dortha Jeffers Dunlap, Leon Kaplan, Nell Matthews Mock, Jeffery Rush, and Patsy Watkins.

Brett D. Watson, Attorney at Law, PLLC, by: Brett D. Watson; Holtzman Vogel Baran Torchinsky & Josefiak, PLLC, by: Jason B. Torchinsky and Mateo Forero-Norena, for Honest Elections Project, as amicus curiae on behalf of the appellants.

The 93rd Session of the Arkansas General Assembly passed a number of acts regarding the election process. The League of Women Voters of Arkansas, et al.1 (Appellees), brought a challenge to four of those acts — Acts 736, 973, 249, and 728 of 2021 (the Acts). The circuit court held...

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