Busby v. Rabe

ORIGINAL PROCEEDING

Relator A. L. Busby (Relator or Busby), the Democratic Party nominee for Rains County Judge, filed a motion for leave to file a petition for a writ of mandamus to compel the Rains County Clerk, Respondent Eddy Rabe (Respondent or Rabe), to not place the name of Elmer Sparks (Sparks) on the general election ballot as an independent candidate for the office of County Judge of Rains County. We overrule the motion for leave to file the writ of mandamus petition.

Relator contends that Sparks is ineligible to be on the ballot as an independent candidate because Sparks’ application…