Resource: Miller v. Thurston

Plaintiffs, who seek to place a constitutional amendment on the Arkansas ballot, filed suit alleging Arkansas' ballot access requirements are unconstitutional as applied during the COVID-19 pandemic. They allege the orders and warnings relating to the pandemic make it impossible for Plaintiffs to comply with the Arkansas' formal constitutional and statutory ballot access requirements, and request injunctive relief ordering that the Secretary of State accept petitions signed by only 6% of the total vote cast in the previous gubernatorial election (and enjoin the State from enforcing the current 10% requirement), order that electronic signatures be accepted, extend the deadline for signature collection to September 3, 2020 (and enjoin the State from enforcing the current July 3, 2020 requirement), and enjoin the enforcement of the requirement that these signatures be obtained in the presence of a canvasser and notary.