Despite 'clear' constitutional issue, Edmond 'freeholder' requirement lingers in charter

Despite 'clear' constitutional issue, Edmond 'freeholder' requirement lingers in charter

Although the Attorney General’s Office advised one year ago that language in Edmond’s city charter requiring candidates for office to be property holders is unconstitutional, leaders of Oklahoma’s fifth-largest municipality have yet to move toward making a revision. Edmond’s inaction — despite multiple U.S. Supreme Court rulings in the 20th century — comes as another […] The post Despite ‘clear’ constitutional issue, Edmond ‘freeholder’ requirem…