Legal Opinion

Opinion No.

Arkansas Attorney General Reports

Decided June 22, 1988Published

1Opinion of the Court

The Honorable Will Feland Prosecuting Attorney P.O. Box 423 Lonoke, Arkansas 72086

Dear Mr. Feland:

This is in response to your request for an opinion concerning the use of "stickers" by a write-in candidate running for Sheriff in Lonoke County. You have asked the following specific question in this regard:

May stickers be used under present law to cast a vote for a write-in candidate?

It must be concluded that the answer to your question is no. In Bennett v. Miller, 186 Ark. 413, 53 S.W.2d 853 (1932) and Pace v. Hickey, 236 Ark. 792, 370 S.W.2d 66 of a sticker bearing the printed name of a…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Bolden v. WattSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1986
  2. State v. LawrenceSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1969
  3. Smith v. State of ArkansasDistrict Court, E.D. Arkansas · 1974
  4. Bennett v. MillerSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1932
  5. Pace v. HickeySupreme Court of Arkansas · 1963

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