STATE EX REL. MASON v. COUNTY LEGISLATURE

No. WD 61185.

75 S.W.3d 884 (2002)

STATE of Missouri ex rel., Rhonda McNeal MASON and Melinda Clark-Sann, Relators, v. COUNTY LEGISLATURE, Jackson County Missouri, and Jackson County Board of Election Commissioners, and Kansas City Board of Election Commissioners, Respondents.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District.

May 28, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Benny J. Harding, Esq., Leawood, for Relators.

Jack C. Terry, Independence, David B. Raymond, Jay D. Haden, Kansas City, for Respondents.

Before VICTOR C. HOWARD, P.J., HAROLD L. LOWENSTEIN and ROBERT G. ULRICH, JJ.


ROBERT G. ULRICH, J.

Relators Rhonda McNeal Mason and Melinda Clark-Sann seek this court's writ of mandamus to compel Respondents to file and process Relator Mason's declaration of candidacy for the office of county legislator from the Third District at Large for the primary election in August 2002. Whether the law supports Relator Mason's claim that she must be permitted to file as a candidate is not addressed. Two preliminary issues are necessarily considered. The...

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