Swanberg v. Tart

Tom Glaze, Justice.

This case concerns the Hot Springs election held on March 9,1989, when the voters approved Sunday racing. Seven days prior to the election, appellants, citizens and residents of Garland County, filed a petition in circuit court, seeking to invalidate the legislation providing for such election and to enjoin the election. The Garland County Board of Election Commission, the Hot Springs Board of Directors and the Oak-lawn Jockey Club, Inc., as intervenors, defended against the appellants’ suit. The trial court denied the appellants’ request on March 8, 1989, and on that same…