Mississippi Advisory Opinions February 22, 1979: 19790222 (February 22, 1979)

Advisory Opinion Text

Mr. Paul J. Stekler

4816 Aurora Avenue North

Seattle, Washington 98103

Re: Municipalities—Elections

Dear Mr. Stekler:

Attorney General A. F. Summer has received your letter and has assigned it to me for research and reply.

You state that you are doing research on municipal elections for a PhD dissertation and pose several questions concerning an interpretation of Stewart v. Waller , No. EC 73–42–S, United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi, Eastern Division, July 14, 1975, and October 21, 1975.

I regret to say that our staffing limitations do not permit us to address your questions. However, there are enclosed for your information copies of three official opinions of this office which interpret Stewart .

Suggested sources for information on what methods of aldermanic elections are currently employed by each Mississippi municipality are:

Mississippi Research and Development Center

Post Office Drawer 2470

Jackson, Mississippi 39205;

Mississippi Municipal Association

230 Barefield Complex

Jackson, Mississippi 39202

Comprehensive Planners, Incorporated

West Point, Mississippi 39773.

With kind regards, I am

Very truly yours,

A. F. Summer, Attorney General.

S. E. Birdsong, Jr., Special Assistant Attorney General.