Thompson v. Robinson

OPINION

WALTERS, Justice.

Contestee Donald Thompson has sought a writ of superintending control from this Court to prevent a judgment of the trial court, removing his name from the general election ballot as the Democratic candidate for state senator in District 17 and substituting therefor the name of Contestant Shannon Robinson, from being enforced.

Thompson alleges that the action brought below by Robinson was untimely and that the trial court’s determination of Thompson’s non-residency in the precinct and district where he sought election was erroneous. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

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