City of Springdale v. Town of Bethel Heights

Tom Glaze, Justice.

In this annexation case, the Town Council of Bethel Heights, pursuant to Ark. Code Ann. § 14-40-301 to-303 (1987), passed Ordinance No. 42, which submitted to the town’s voters the question of annexing seven separate tracts of land. After the election on November 6,1991, the Benton County Election Commission tabulated votes and certified all tracts had been approved except tract four, which the voters rejected by twelve votes. The Commission later discovered that only one or two (or less than ten) voters in precinct Washington A were qualified to vote on the tract four…