Patrick Roberson, Appellant v. Phillips County Election Commission; Jerome Turner, Johnnie Sumpter, and Allen…

Summary

The court held that the statute barred Roberson from running for both a county office and a municipal office when the elections occurred on the same date, so his disqualification from the city-treasurer race and the denial of his motion to dismiss were proper. The court dismissed as moot his request to withdraw retroactively from the Justice of the Peace election because that election had occurred and no stay prevented certification. Justice Hoofman concurred in the result but viewed the statute as ambiguous, while Justice Baker, joined by Justices Goodson and Hart, would have reversed based on a different reading of the statutory language.