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Mississippi Advisory Opinions June 21, 1983: AGO 000003785 (June 21, 1983)

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Collection: Mississippi Attorney General Opinions
Docket: AGO 000003785
Date: June 21, 1983

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Mississippi Attorney General Opinions

1983.

Current through 1983 Legislative Session

AGO 000003785.

1983-802


June 21, 1983
DOCN 000003785
DOCK 1983-802
AUTH Phillip C. Carter
DATE 19830621
RQNM Mrs. Ollye B. Shirley
SUBJ Elections - Qualification Of Candidates
SBCD 71
TEXT Mrs. Ollye B. Shirley
Hinds County Democratic
Executive Committee
Post Office Box 11220
Jackson, Mississippi 39213
Re: Elections - Qualification of Candidates

Dear Mrs. Shirley:

Attorney General Allain has received your letter of request and has assigned it to me for research and reply. Your letter states:

"Four persons qualified with the Hinds County Circuit Clerk to run in the August, 1983, pri- mary. However, those persons did not pay a qualifying fee to the Hinds County Democratic Executive Committee.

"Can we legally accept the fees at this time from those persons who failed to pay by the June 3rd deadline?

We would appreciate your early response so we can prepare our official ballot."

In response to your inquiry, please see the enclosed copy of an opinion addressed to Honorable Paul O. Eastridge, dated June 20, 1983.

In summary, that opinion states that county executive com- mittees have no authority to place names of persons who have not made timely payments of the required qualifying fees on the ballot for the primary elections.

Very truly yours,

BILL ALLAIN, ATTORNEY GENERAL

BY

Phillip C. Carter Special Assistant Attorney General

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