Griffin v. Buzard

UDALL, Justice.

This is a general election contest brought under A.R.S. § 16-1201. It is a companion case to the primary election contest of Griffin v. Buzard, 342 P.2d 201. The appeals were ordered consolidated for briefing and oral argument. The parties to the two appeals are the same; the pleadings and factual basis for the instant contest are identical with those presented in the other case. However, it is conceded in the briefs that contestee, Buzard, was the unopposed Democratic candidate for the office of Corporation Commissioner (term ending January 4, 1965); that having received the…