# Helm v. Slater

> Supreme Court of Oklahoma · December 6, 1982 · 664 P.2d 377

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9574410

## Case

- **Full name:** Jim HELM, Petitioner, v. Lee SLATER, Secretary, Oklahoma State Election Board, Jess Miracle, District Judge, Sharon Bumgarner, Secretary, Cleveland County Election Board, and the District Court of Cleveland County, Respondents
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Oklahoma
- **Decided:** December 6, 1982
- **Citations:** 664 P.2d 377; 1982 OK 145; 1982 Okla. LEXIS 334
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Opinion of the court
- **Judges:** Irwin, Barnes, Simms, Opala, Brett, Cornish, Hodges, Lavender, Har-Grave
- **Cited by:** 4 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

ORDER
Original jurisdiction is assumed. This court’s pronouncement in Clark v. State Election Board, 653 P.2d 529 (Okl.1982), is overruled because its construction of the applicable statutes constitutes an impermissible burden upon the right of suffrage within the meaning of Art. 3 § 1, Okl. Const. Writ is therefore denied.
Petitioner shall have 7 days from this date to seek rehearing.
DONE BY DIRECTION OF THE SUPREME COURT IN CONFERENCE THIS 6th DAY OF DECEMBER, 1982.
BARNES, V.C.J., SIMMS and OPALA, JJ., and BRETT and CORNISH, Special Justices, concur.
HODGES, LAVENDER and HAR-GRAVE, JJ., dissent.

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