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OKLAHOMA STATE ELECTION BD. v. COATS

No. 54756.

610 P.2d 776 (1980)

OKLAHOMA STATE ELECTION BOARD, Grace Huddlin, in her official capacity as Chairman of the Oklahoma State Election Board; Drew Neville, in his official capacity as Member of the Oklahoma State Election Board, and Lee Slater, in his official capacity as Secretary of the Oklahoma State Election Board, Appellants, v. Andy COATS, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

April 21, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jan Eric Cartwright, Atty. Gen. of Okl. by David W. Lee, Asst. Atty. Gen., Chief, Criminal Division, and Mary Bryce Leader, Legal Intern, Oklahoma City, for appellants.

Turner, Turner & Green by Robert J. Turner, Oklahoma City, for appellee.

HODGES, Justice.

The correct interpretation of 19 O.S.Supp. 1974 § 215.8 is contested on appeal. This statute precludes district attorneys from running for any office which has a term, any portion of which is the same as the term for which the district attorney is elected.1

The appellee, Andy Coats, is the District Attorney for the Seventh...

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