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(a) An election to determine whether licenses will be granted for the manufacture or sale or the bartering, loaning, or giving away of intoxicating liquor shall be called by a petition signed by registered voters in the designated county, township, municipality, ward, or precinct in a number equal to thirty-eight percent (38%) of the registered voters.
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(b) The petition shall be filed with the county clerk.
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(c) The county clerk shall verify the signatures on the petition and determine the sufficiency of the petition no later than ten (10) days after the petition is submitted.
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(d) The total number of voters registered as certified by the county clerk to the Secretary of State by June 1 of each year pursuant to Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 51, shall be the basis upon which the number of signatures of qualified electors on petitions shall be computed.
