Cite as 2022 Ark. 154 SUPREME COURT OF ARKANSAS No. CV-22-482

Opinion Delivered: September 12, 2022 EDDIE ARMSTRONG AND LANCE HUEY, INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF RESPONSIBLE GROWTH ARKANSAS, A BALLOT QUESTION COMMITTEE AN ORIGINAL ACTION PETITIONERS

V.

JOHN THURSTON, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITIES AS SECRETARY OF STATE AND CHAIR OF THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTION COMMISSIONERS; STATE BOARD OF ELECTION COMMISSIONERS RESPONDENTS

SAVE ARKANSAS FROM EPIDEMIC, A BALLOT QUESTION COMMITTEE; AND DAVID BURNETT, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS CHAIRMAN OF SAVE ARKANSAS FROM EPIDEMIC BALLOT QUESTION COMMITTEE WRIT OF MANDAMUS ISSUED. INTERVENORS

SAFE AND SECURE COMMUNITIES, A BALLOT QUESTION COMMITTEE; AND MICHAEL MCCAULEY, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS CHAIRMAN OF SAFE AND SECURE COMMUNITIES INTERVENORS

PER CURIAM Pursuant to our authority under amendment 80, section 2(E) of the Arkansas

Constitution to issue and determine any and all writs necessary in aid of our jurisdiction, we

issue a writ of mandamus to the Secretary of State to decide the sufficiency of the proposed

initiative petition at issue in this action pursuant to article 5, section 1 of the Arkansas

Constitution. The Secretary of State is ordered to file proof of his decision by 4:00 p.m. on

Wednesday, September 14, 2022.