Case Title: In Re: Chris McDaniel

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State: mississippi

Court: Mississippi Supreme Court

Date: 2014-07-31T00:00:00Z

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Serial: 192753 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF MISSISSIPPI No. 2014-M-00967 IN RE: CHRIS MCDANIEL Petitioner EN BANC ORDER Before the Court, En Banc, is the Petitioner’s Motion for Reconsideration, Hearing and Clarification filed on behalf of Chris McDaniel and the Response to Motion for Reconsideration, Hearing and Clarification filed on behalf of Gayle K. Parker, Harrison County Circuit Clerk. McDaniel requests the Court reconsider its July 17, 2014, order, which denied his Emergency Petition for Writ of Mandamus, and allow a hearing on the motion. After due consideration, we find that the motion is not well taken and should be denied. IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the Petitioner’s Motion for Reconsideration, Hearing and Clarification filed on behalf of Chris McDaniel is hereby denied. SO ORDERED, this the 24 day of July, 2014. th /s/ Josiah Dennis Coleman JOSIAH DENNIS COLEMAN, JUSTICE FOR THE COURT RANDOLPH, P.J., KITCHENS AND CHANDLER, JJ., MAKE THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT: I would grant Chris McDaniel’s motion for a Rule 33 hearing. Assuring the integrity of the electoral process is a matter of the highest priority and implicates the fundamental 2 rights of all Mississippians. McDaniel’s Emergency Petition for Writ of Mandamus raises serious issues pertaining to all candidates’ ability to access information vital to determining the integrity of elections. These issues deserve the full and focused attention of this Court in a conference pursuant to Rule 33 of the Mississippi Rules of Appellate Procedure. DICKINSON, P.J., AND PIERCE, J., NOT PARTICIPATING.