Riley v. Baxter County Election Commission

Jack Holt, Jr., Chief Justice.

The issue is whether the trial court erred by ruling in favor of the appellees, the Baxter County Election Commission and its members, with reference to its 1992 apportionment of quorum court districts within the county. We hold that it did not and affirm.

The appellants, Don Riley, Virginia Kilburn, and Susan Woods, registered voters of Baxter County (hereafter “the voters”), opposed a new quorum court redistricting plan for Baxter County on the basis that it would result in discrimination since the population varied among the districts by 10.149 % and this was…