Jody Harris v. Crawford County Board of Election Commissioners Bill Coleman

Summary

The court held that an election contest involving a district office must be filed in a county where the alleged wrongful acts occurred, so filing in Franklin County was improper when the alleged acts occurred in Crawford County. It also held that the circuit court had authority to transfer the improperly venued action rather than dismiss it, requiring remand for discretionary consideration of transfer. The opinion includes no separate opinions for purposes of this extraction.