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FITCH v. FOURTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS

Nos. D-2060, D-2064.

834 S.W.2d 335 (1992)

Bonnie FITCH, Relator, v. FOURTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS, Respondent. Ken BENTSEN, Chair, Harris County Democratic Party Executive Committee and Harris County Democratic Party Executive Committee, Relators, v. The COURT OF APPEALS FOR the FOURTEENTH SUPREME JUDICIAL DISTRICT AT HOUSTON, Texas, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Rehearing Overruled July 1, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael B. Charlton, Karen A. Lerner, Houston, for relator.

J. Eugene Clements, Warren W. Harris, Houston, for respondent.

OPINION

MAUZY, Justice.

In these two original mandamus proceedings, we examine provisions in the Texas Election Code concerning the requirements for candidate applications and petitions. The court of appeals, applying these provisions, ordered that Bonnie Fitch's name be removed from the March 1992 Democratic Party primary ballot because of a defect in her petition. 824 S.W.2d 744. We stayed the effect of the court of...

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