Oliver v. Simons

As the majority opinion aptly notes, a county municipal court is, as its name implies, a hybrid — neither fish nor fowl, but rather, both. Finding its place in our election laws is an exercise involving square pegs and round holes. See, e.g., Johnson County Election Commission v. Holman, 280 Ark. 128, 655 S.W.2d 408 (1983), and Pulaski County Municipal Court v. Scott, 272 Ark. 115, 612 S.W.2d 297 (1981). But the key to the conundrum in this case, I believe, lies in the fact that candidates for municipal corporation courts, unlike candidates for Pulaski County Municipal Court, campaign only…