John Thurston

Summary

The court reversed and dismissed a circuit-court judgment declaring four Arkansas election laws unconstitutional and permanently enjoining their enforcement. It held that the laws regulated election procedures rather than the fundamental right to vote, were facially neutral, did not add voter qualifications, and were not clearly incompatible with the Arkansas Constitution. The court also held that the challenge to the election-area restriction was an impermissible facial challenge based on hypothetical applications.