Jenkins v. Hale

OPINION

BERCH, Vice Chief Justice.

¶ 1 We have been asked to decide whether an elector’s signature on a nominating petition is invalid as a matter of law if the elector provides a post office box address in the address portion of the signature line. We hold that it is not.

I. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

¶ 2 Albert Hale seeks his party’s nomination for state senator from Legislative District Two. To qualify for the primary ballot, Hale needs 522 valid signatures on his nominating petitions. Hale submitted eighty petition sheets that contained more than 800 signatures from electors in Apache,…