Legal Opinion
Opinion No.
Arkansas Attorney General Reports
Decided November 27, 1991Published
1Opinion of the Court
The Honorable Bruce Hawkins State Representative 211 East Church Morrilton, AR 72110
Dear Representative Hawkins:
This is in response to your request for an opinion as to whether voting age data or total population data should be used by the election commission in setting Justice of the Peace districts.
In my opinion, the answer to your question is that it is permissible for the election commission to use either voting age data or total population data in setting its Justice of the Peace districts provided that, if the commission uses voting age data, the results of the redistricting are not…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Burns v. RichardsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Ely v. KlahrSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Carpenter v. HammondAlaska Supreme Court · 1983
- Mac Govern v. ConnollyDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1986
- Cuomo v. BaldrigeDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1987
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