Supreme Court of Arkansas April 22, 1968, 5-4620 (Williams v. Elrod)

Lyle Brown, Justice.

The plaintiff-appellants are taxpayers, residents, and electors of twenty-five of the State’s senatorial districts. The defendant-appellees constitute all State Senators. Plaintiffs below sought a writ of mandamus to require the thirty-five senators to draw lots to fix their terms of office at two or four years in accordance with Sec. 6 of Art. 23 of our Constitution.