Opinion No.

The Honorable Mary Anne Salmon State Senator #29 Heritage Park Circle North Little Rock, AR 72116-8528

Dear Senator Salmon:

This is in response to your request for an opinion concerning the number of signatures required on a petition for a local option election, commonly referred to as a "wet-dry" election. You state that a business in your district is interested in petitioning to change a "dry" area to "wet," but the owners are confused as to the proper number of signatures due to a perceived inconsistency in the statutes.1 Specifically, you note that A.C.A. § 3-8-202 states that 15% of the…