Carr v. Lambert

McHUGH, Chief Justice:

This case is before this Court upon a writ of mandamus wherein the petitioner, Ar-netta Carr, seeks to compel the members of the Board of Ballot Commissioners of McDowell County from proceeding to process respondent Sid Bell's certificate of candidacy for the McDowell County Board of Education and to omit his name on the ballot for that office at the May 10, 1988 primary election. 1 Other named respondents in this action include Paul Lambert, Clerk of the Circuit Court of McDowell County, and George Sneed and R.H. Ruff, members of the McDowell County Board of Ballot…