Opinion No.

The Honorable Ernest Cunningham State Representative 727 Columbia Street Helena, Arkansas 72342-2813

Dear Representative Cunningham:

This is in response to your request for an opinion concerning A.C.A. §14-42-206(b)(1) (Supp. 1995). You note that this statutory subsection requires a person desiring to become an independent candidate for municipal office in a city or town with the mayor-council form of government to file a petition of nomination with the county board of election commissioners "not more than eighty (80) days nor less than sixty (60) days prior to the general election by twelve…