Harding v. State Election Board

This court has original jurisdiction vested in it by provisions of Constitution (sec. 2, art. 7). I think the court should exercise the power vested. The Constitution requires a written opinion in every case. The statute requires a syllabus to it.

Measured by the decisions of this court in related cases recently promulgated, and particularly Swindall v. State Election Board, 168 Okla. 97, 32 P. 2d 691, and authorities cited in 29 C.J.S. p. 114, § 86, subsec. a,. Declarations of Candidacy, cited in the Bailey Case, petitioner’s independence as a candidate in the last election or his support of…