Legal Opinion
Bates v. District of Columbia Board of Elections & Ethics
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided May 27, 1993No. 92-AA-1428PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KING, Associate Judge:
Petitioners seek review of the Board of Elections and Ethics (“the Board”) certification of intervenor Peter Espenschied as the winner in the November 3, 1992, election for Advisory Neighborhood Commission (“ANC”) single-member district 3C09. Concluding that the Board did not adhere to the plain meaning of the statute which required them to certify the candidate who received the highest number of votes, we reverse the decision of the Board and remand for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.
Petitioners, residents of ANC district 3C09, voted in the November 3,…
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