Raborn v. Secretary of State

This appeal presents a question of law which may be put thusly: Following a first primary for election of multiple membership to a political party executive committee which first primary leaves more than one member still to be elected, may the Secretary of State, upon withdrawal of one of the candidates, remove from the list of remaining candidates the name of the candidate receiving the highest vote in the first primary, thereby in effect electing said highest candidate to one of the offices remaining to be filled? The trial court resolved the issue in the affirmative and with that…