State Ex Rel. Doyle v. Superior Court

On March. 9, 1926, a city electioh was held in Seattle. Various officers were elected, and there was also submitted to the voters the following propositions: (1) Whether fifteen freeholders should be elected to revise the charter; and (2) whether or not Seattle should adopt a city manager plan.

Voting machines were used in the election. At the close of the election, the regularly appointed precinct officers canvassed the vote in their precincts and entered the same in their returns, and forwarded them to the election board, which, under Rem. Comp Stat., § 5147, as amended by Session Laws of…