Brian Richardson and Mary Dillard v. Mark…

Summary

The court denied the petition challenging the placement of the proposed Arkansas Alcoholic Beverage Amendment on the ballot. It held that the initiative petition was timely because the four-month filing deadline fell on a legal holiday and therefore extended to July 7, and that the ballot title sufficiently informed voters about the amendment's scope and effects. Justice Danielson, joined by Justice Corbin, concurred in the denial but would rely solely on the election-law deadline statute rather than the constitutional holiday provision.