Bryant v. Westbrooks

¶ 24. Because this Court lacks jurisdiction to review the merits of this appeal, I respectfully dissent. The State Board of Election Commissioners removed West-brooks’s name from the ballot upon a finding that she had not met the residency requirements to qualify her as a candidate for the Court of Appeals. Westbrooks appealed to the circuit court from the decision of the State Board of Election Commissioners pursuant to Mississippi Code Section 23-15-963. Section 23-15-963(5) provides:

The circuit court with whom such a petition for judicial review has been filed shall at the earliest…