City of Grenada v. Harrelson

¶ 1. The City of Grenada (hereinafter "the City") is a special charter municipality. The City Charter provides for the election of 7 city councilmen from wards described in Section 4 of the Charter. Elections for mayor and aldermen were to take place on the first Monday of May, 1996. Qualification for and participation in those elections was to open on January 2, 1996 and close on March 9, 1996. Primary elections were to be held on April 18, 1996. In preparation for the election, the City determined that the election procedures and election districts adopted by the City Council in 1992 were…