State ex rel. Powe v. Pittman

This case is a sequel to Powe v. Forrest County Election Commission which is reported in 249 Miss. 757, 163 So. 2d at 656 (1964). In the former case, the present and former relator, Powe, filed a petition for a writ of mandamus to require the Forrest County Election Commission to put his name on the ballot as a Republican candidate for the office of State Senator for the Eighth Senatorial District from Forrest County, Mississippi, in the general election, held on November 5, 1963. However, after a proper hearing, the Election Commission decided that although the petitioner had been a voter…