Allen v. Lincoln County Election Commission

ORDER

GEORGE HOWARD, Jr., District Judge.

A.B. Allen, a black resident of Gould, Arkansas, brings this action alleging that defendants violating the Voting Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1971 et seq. and plaintiffs right to vote, by allowing white non-residents to vote in the Gould city election. Allen, a candidate for mayor, lost the election by four votes to the white candidate.1

The parties ultimately agreed to settle the matter, and to conduct a new mayoral election after necessary corrections had been made to voter registration records for the City of Gould.2 On February 21, 1992, the Court issued…