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STATE EX REL. MATHEWSON v. ELECTION COM'RS

No. 75083.

841 S.W.2d 633 (1992)

STATE ex rel. James MATHEWSON, et al., Appellants, v. The BOARD OF ELECTION COMMISSIONERS OF ST. LOUIS COUNTY, et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

Opinion Concurring in Result Modified October 27, 1992.

Rehearing Denied October 27, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John E. Bardgett, Charles S. Kramer, St. Louis, for appellants.

Steven W. Garrett, Carl Lumley, St. Louis, for respondents.

ROBERTSON, Chief Justice.

This case raises an issue of first impression: Whether Article III, Section 7 of the Missouri Constitution addresses special elections to fill vacancies that occur after an apportionment plan is filed but prior to the first general election in a specific district. The circuit court ruled that Article III, Section 7 controlled such special elections. We reverse and, entering the order the circuit court should have entered, direct that a writ...

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