# Eddie Armstrong and Lance Huey, Individually and on Behalf of Responsible Growth Arkansas, a Ballot Question Committee v. John Thurston, in His Official Capacities as Secretary of State and Chair of the State Board of Election Commissioners State Board of Election Commissioners Save Arkansas From Epidemic, a Ballot Question Committee And David Burnett, Individually and as Chairman of Save Arkansas From Epidemic Ballot Question Committee Intervenors Safe and Secure Communities, a Ballot Question Committee And Michael McCauley, Individually and as Chairman of Safe and Secure Communities Intervenors

> Supreme Court of Arkansas · September 12, 2022 · 2022 Ark. 154

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/8205837

## Case

- **Court:** Supreme Court of Arkansas
- **Decided:** September 12, 2022
- **Citations:** 2022 Ark. 154
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Opinion
- **Cited by:** 0 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

Cite as 2022 Ark. 154
SUPREME COURT OF ARKANSAS
No. CV-22-482

Opinion Delivered: September 12, 2022
EDDIE ARMSTRONG AND LANCE
HUEY, INDIVIDUALLY AND ON
BEHALF OF RESPONSIBLE GROWTH
ARKANSAS, A BALLOT QUESTION
COMMITTEE AN ORIGINAL ACTION
PETITIONERS

V.

JOHN THURSTON, IN HIS OFFICIAL
CAPACITIES AS SECRETARY OF STATE
AND CHAIR OF THE STATE BOARD OF
ELECTION COMMISSIONERS; STATE
BOARD OF ELECTION
COMMISSIONERS
RESPONDENTS

SAVE ARKANSAS FROM EPIDEMIC, A
BALLOT QUESTION COMMITTEE; AND
DAVID BURNETT, INDIVIDUALLY AND
AS CHAIRMAN OF SAVE ARKANSAS
FROM EPIDEMIC BALLOT QUESTION
COMMITTEE WRIT OF MANDAMUS ISSUED.
INTERVENORS

SAFE AND SECURE COMMUNITIES, A
BALLOT QUESTION COMMITTEE; AND
MICHAEL MCCAULEY, INDIVIDUALLY
AND AS CHAIRMAN OF SAFE AND
SECURE COMMUNITIES
INTERVENORS

PER CURIAM
Pursuant to our authority under amendment 80, section 2(E) of the Arkansas

Constitution to issue and determine any and all writs necessary in aid of our jurisdiction, we

issue a writ of mandamus to the Secretary of State to decide the sufficiency of the proposed

initiative petition at issue in this action pursuant to article 5, section 1 of the Arkansas

Constitution. The Secretary of State is ordered to file proof of his decision by 4:00 p.m. on

Wednesday, September 14, 2022.

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