Davis v. Bennett

MURDOCK, Justice.

Don Davis, in his capacity as the Judge of Probate for Mobile County (“Judge Davis”), appeals from the Montgomery Circuit Court’s final judgment in favor of then Secretary of State Beth Chapman1 (“the Secretary”) and the three members of the Mobile County Board of Registrars: Pat Tyrrell, Shirley Short, and Virginia *116Delchamps (“the Board members”). This case concerns a regulation promulgated by the Secretary in an apparent effort to comply with certain federal election laws and an asserted conflict between that regulation and the residency requirement prescribed by three…