Jermond L. Mosley v. Keith A. English

This expedited appeal involves an election contest filed by Jermond Mosley (“Contestant Mosley”) challenging the qualifications of incumbent State Representative Keith English (“Contestee English”) to appear as a candidate on the November 8, 2016 general election ballot. Contestant Mosley appeals the trial court’s judgment dismissing his election contest petition. For reasons explained herein, we reverse and remand.

BACKGROUND

In January 2016, Contestant Mosley 1 duly filed a declaration for nomination as the Democratic candidate to the office of state representative for the 68th district,…