Bradshaw v. Oklahoma State Election Board

OPALA, V.C.J.,

with whom WATT, C.J. and EDMONDSON, J., join, concurring.

T 1 I concur in today's assumption of jurisdiction and in the issued command that the State Election Board place the petitioner's name on the general election ballot as an Independent candidate for the U.S. Congress from District No. 4.

I 2 The question presented by the petitioner's writ quest is whether she is a qualified candidate for the congressional office she seeks. The State Election Board ruled her disqualified by the provisions of 26 O.S. Supp.2004 § 5-105(A),1 finding that she fails to meet that statute's…