Hales v. Langford

PALMORE, Judge.

The question in this case is whether a statutory provision to the effect that no person may be elected as mayor, police judge or commissioner of a city operating under the city manager form of government unless he has been nominated in the primary election provided for such cities is constitutionally valid. We concur in the trial court’s judgment that it is.

Fulton is a city of the fourth class operating under the city manager form of government, KRS 89.390 et seq. Pursuant to KRS 89.440 candidates for mayor, police judge and city commissioner must be nominated by a petition…