Supreme Court set to rule on ballot dispute

The Sun Herald just reported minutes ago that the Supreme Court has all the relevant paperwork necessary to render a decision on the ballot controversy.

The Mississippi Supreme Court has received all the paperwork it needs to settle a dispute over where a special election for Trent Lott's old U.S. Senate seat should appear on the ballot.

The court has given no indication of when it might rule.

The 2002 special election for Court of Appeals was not placed at the bottom of the ballot. This fact combined with the 2000 law, should be sufficient to render a decision in favor of placing the election near the top of the ballot where it belongs. We shall see.