Vernon County Republican Committee, by and through Cyndia Haggard, Chairman Missouri Cases

The Vernon County Clerk appealed a circuit court's judgment granting a permanent writ of mandamus, which ordered that eight candidates not be placed on the August 2024 primary election ballot as Republican candidates. The circuit court found the County Clerk failed to perform a statutory ministerial duty by accepting declarations of candidacy without a receipt from the Vernon County Republican Committee. The appellate court dismissed the appeal as moot, concluding that the statutory deadline for modifying ballots had passed, making it impossible to grant effectual relief. The court also determined that the public interest exception to mootness did not apply.