Judges: Winston Bryant, Attorney General
Filed Date: 12/13/1995
Status: Precedential
Modified Date: 7/5/2016
The Honorable Sharon Priest Secretary of State State Capitol Little Rock, Arkansas 72201-1094
Dear Ms. Priest:
You have requested that I submit a supplement to Opinion No.
Before approving the resubmitted ballot title, I must point out that the issues raised by the ballot titles approved in Opinion No.
Having reviewed the resubmitted, corrected ballot title with these issues in mind, I have concluded as follows:
(1) The resubmitted ballot title is in "substantially" the same form prescribed by the legislature in Acts 1006 and 1007 (which is the form in which the acts require you to submit the ballot titles to me);
(2) My authority to act in any way to modify the language that you have submitted is unclear under present law; and
(3) The standard of review in analyzing the sufficiency of this ballot title is the same as for analyzing ballot titles arising under Amendment
7 to the Arkansas Constitution, and the resubmitted ballot titles passes the test of such an analysis.
I am hereby approving the resubmitted ballot title in the form in which it was presented to me. I have made no changes in the resubmitted ballot title and have attached a copy thereof hereto.
The foregoing opinion, which I hereby approve, was prepared by Assistant Attorney General Suzanne Antley.
Sincerely,
WINSTON BRYANT Attorney General
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