Jim Fair v. John Dekle, Supervisor of Registration, and James F. Taylor, Clerk of Thecircuit Court

Appellant became a candidate for Supervisor of Registration of Hills-borough County, Florida, in the May, 1964, Democratic primary, and was defeated.

Florida law (F.S.A. § 99.021(1)) requires any candidate in a primary election to swear a party loyalty oath (1) that in the last preceding general election he voted, if at all, for 90 per cent of those of the party’s candidates who faced opposition, (2) that he has not been a member of any other party for two years preceding the current primary election, and (3) that he pledges to vote for 90 per cent of those of the party's candidates who face…