Opinion No.

The Honorable Tom Forgey State Representative 909 Highland Drive Magnolia, AR 71753-2540

Dear Representative Forgey:

This is in response to your request for an opinion, on behalf of the Columbia County Election Commission, concerning a vacancy in the office of coroner in Columbia County. You state that on September 10, 1992, the Columbia County coroner resigned his post and withdrew his name from nomination as the Democratic nominee for that office in the November 3, 1992 general election. At the May 29, 1992 preferential primary, he had been the only candidate for coroner on the Democratic…