Sears v. Strake

OPINION

The relator, the Honorable Ross A. Sears, Justice of the Court of Appeals for the Fourteenth District of Texas, asks that the respondent be ordered to reject the application and petition of Terrell William (Terry) Proctor for a place on the general primary election ballot for Place 2 of that court.

The jurisdiction of this Court has been invoked pursuant to Tex.Elec.Code Ann. sec. 273.061 (Vernon 1986).

Relator argues that Proctor’s petitions are defective in three respects:

1. the petitions, as signed by prospective voters, do not state the office sought and the state of residence;

2. the…