Tunica County Democratic Executive Committee v. Craig Jones

KING, JUSTICE,

FOR THE COURT:

¶ 1. Craig Jones filed a petition for judicial review of the Tunica County Democratic Executive Committee’s (TCDEC) decision that he was not qualified to run in its primary for Tunica County Board of Supervisors, Beat Five position. The trial eourt found that Jones’s name should be on the primary ballot. TCDEC appealed, but failed to prosecute the appeal and kept Jones’s name off the primary ballot. The trial court then vacated the primary election one day before the general election, which took place and which was won by an independent candidate. Jones then…