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3-8-809. Failure to act on petition — Mandamus — Injunction.
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3-8-809. Failure to act on petition — Mandamus — Injunction.
(a) If the county clerk does not examine and certify a petition under this chapter within the time prescribed in § 3-8-803, the sponsors may apply to the circuit court with jurisdiction for appropriate relief.
(b) If the court decides that the petition is legally sufficient, it shall order the county clerk to certify the sufficiency of the petition and set an election date.
(c) On a proper showing that any petition is not sufficient, the court may enjoin the county clerk from:
(1) Certifying its sufficiency; or
(2) Setting an election date.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 3-8-809
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3-8-809. Failure to act on petition — Mandamus — Injunction.
(a) If the county clerk does not examine and certify a petition under this chapter within the time prescribed in § 3-8-803, the sponsors may apply to the circuit court with jurisdiction for appropriate relief.
(b) If the court decides that the petition is legally sufficient, it shall order the county clerk to certify the sufficiency of the petition and set an election date.
(c) On a proper showing that any petition is not sufficient, the court may enjoin the county clerk from:
(1) Certifying its sufficiency; or
(2) Setting an election date.
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Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
3-8-803. Petition to determine granting of licenses for manufacture or sale or bartering, loaning, or giving away of intoxicating liquor.
(a) An election to determine whether licenses will be granted for the manufacture or sale or the bartering, loaning, or giving away of intoxicating liquor shall be called by a petition signed by registered voters in the designated county, township, municipality, ward, or precinct in a number equal to thirty-eight percent (38%) of the registered voters.
(b) The petition shall be filed with the county clerk.
(c) The county clerk shall verify the signatures on the petition and determine the sufficiency of the petition no later than ten (10) days after the petition is submitted.
(d) The total number of voters registered as certified by the county clerk to the Secretary of State by June 1 of each year pursuant to Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 51, shall be the basis upon which the number of signatures of qualified electors on petitions shall be computed.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 3-8-803
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 3-8-803. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.