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2010 Arkansas Attorney General Reports and Opinions 1 (2010)

handle is hein.sag/sagar0013 and id is 1 raw text is: STATE OF ARKANSAS THE ATTORNEY GENERAL DUSTIN McDANIEL Opinion No. 2009-208 January 4, 2010 Mr. John Wesley Hall, Jr. Attorney at Law 1311 South Broadway Little Rock, Arkansas 72202-4843 Dear Mr. Hall: This is in response to your request for certification, pursuant to A.C.A. § 7-9-107 (Repl. 2007), of the following popular name and ballot title for a proposed constitutional amendment: Popular Name AN AMENDMENT TO LEGALIZE MEDICAL USE OF MARIJUANA Ballot Title A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT TO LEGALIZE THE MEDICAL USE OF MARIJUANA The Attorney General is required, pursuant to A.C.A. § 7-9-107, to certify the popular name and ballot title of all proposed initiative and referendum acts or amendments before the petitions are circulated for signature. The law provides that the Attorney General may substitute and certify a more suitable and correct popular name and ballot title, if he can do so, or if the proposed popular name and ballot title are sufficiently misleading, may reject the entire petition. Neither certification nor rejection of a popular name and ballot title reflects my view of the merits of the proposal. This Office has been given no authority to consider the merits of any measure. 323 CENTER STREET, SurrE 200 * Lrrro RocK, ARKANsAS 72201 TELEPHONE (501) 682-2007 * FAX (501) 682-8084 INTERNET WEBsTrE * http://www.ag.state.ar.us/