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 simultaneously for a county office and a municipal office when both 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 challenge to the denial of withdrawal from the Justice of the Peace race because that election had occurred and he had been elected. Justice Hoofman concurred in the result but found the statute ambiguous, while Justice Baker, joined by Justices Goodson and Hart, would have reversed because the statute limits multiple offices within the same governmental level rather than across levels.