ARKANSANS FOR HEALTHY EYES v. THURSTON

No. CV-20-136.

2020 Ark. 277

ARKANSANS FOR HEALTHY EYES, A BALLOT QUESTION COMMITTEE; AND VICKI FARMER, INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF ARKANSANS FOR HEALTHY EYES, Petitioners, v. JOHN THURSTON, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS SECRETARY OF STATE, Respondent. SAFE SURGERY ARKANSAS, A BALLOT QUESTION COMMITTEE; AND LAURIE BARBER, M.D., INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF SAFE SURGERY ARKANSAS, Intervenors.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

Opinion Delivered: September 17, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kutak Rock LLP, by: Jess Askew III, Frederick H. Davis, and McKenzie L. Raub (Little Rock); and Dale W. Brown (Fayetteville), for petitioners.

Gary L. Sullivan, Managing Attorney, Arkansas Secretary of State's Office, for respondent.

Steel, Wright, Gray, PLLC by: Ryan Owsley, Nate Steel, and Alex T. Gray, for intervenors.

Brian G. Brooks, Attorney at Law, PLLC by: Brian G. Brooks, amici curiae for League of Women Voters of Arkansas and Arkansas Voters First.


The Secretary of State certified a statewide referendum petition on Act 579 of 2019 for placement on the November 3, 2020 general-election ballot. Petitioners, Arkansans for Healthy Eyes, a ballot-question committee, and Vicki Farmer, individually and on behalf of Arkansans for Healthy Eyes, filed this original...

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