Powers v. Carpenter

OPINION

JONES, Chief Justice.

INTRODUCTION

¶ 1 We issued a dispositive order July 15, 2002 indicating affirmance in part, reversal in part, and an instruction that appellee John Carpenter’s name not be placed on the primary election ballot. We also indicated that this formal opinion would follow.

¶ 2 Review was granted in order to consider whether the trial court erred in establishing June 12, 2002 1 as the deadline for individual electors to withdraw signatures from nominating petitions. Today, we affirm the principle that persons who sign nominating petitions in support of candidates for public…