Martinez v. Slagle

I respectfully dissent.

The Honorable Ben Martinez, relator, seeks a writ of mandamus to compel Robert Slagle, presiding officer of the State Democratic Executive Committee, to canvass the results of a “recount” in the Democratic primary run-off election. Relator also seeks to compel Slagle to reject the recount petition submitted by his opponent in the run-off.

Relator is currently Judge of the 293rd Judicial District Court and was a candidate for re-election to that office in the recent Democratic primary. A run-off election was conducted between relator and challenger Rey Perez on June 7,…