Cummings v. Washington County Election Commission

Steele Hays, Justice.

Mrs. Linda Oxford, appellee, sought to qualify as a candidate for the school board of Fayetteville School District No. 1. Because she did not reside in the district, her eligibility was challenged. When the Washington County Election Commission, appellee, ruled in favor of Mrs. Oxford, Gordon L. Cummings, individually and on behalf of other patrons of the district, filed suit to declare Mrs. Oxford ineligible and for a writ of mandamus to the election commission to remove her name from the ballot. Mrs. Oxford intervened.

The circuit court denied the petition and refused to…