Clay Chastain and Vincent Lee v. Sylvester James

This expedited appeal involves election contests filed by' Clay Chastain (“Chas- tain”) and Vincent Lee (“Lee”) challenging the qualifications of incumbent Mayor Sylvester James (“Mayor James”) to appear as a candidate on the April 7, 2015 primary election ballot and on the June 28, 2015 general election ballot for Mayor of Kansas City, Missouri (“City”). Following expedited proceedings, the trial court entered a judgment denying Chastain’s leave to file an amended petition, denying Chas-tain’s motion for leave to join Lee as an additional plaintiff, denying Lee’s motion to intervene or to…