Kirkwood v. Carter

J. Fred Jones Justice.

At the November, general election in 1968 the qualified electors of Faulkner County voted for the use of voting machines in that county. On November 1, 1971, the appellant Robert T. Kirkwood filed a taxpayer’s petition in the Circuit Court of Faulkner County on behalf of himself and other residents similarly situated seeking a writ of mandamus requiring the appellees, Jesse Carter as county judge, and Tom Lindsey, Clarence Johnson and John F. James as the County Board of Election Commissioners, to comply with §§ 3 and 4 of Art. 12 of Act 465 of 1969 by purchasing or…