Keltch v. Alfalfa County Election Board

KAUGER, Justice.

This application to assume original jurisdiction and petition for a writ of mandamus involves a contested election, and because elections are matters of great public interest, we have assumed original jurisdiction. However, because the petitioner failed to demonstrate that the election outcome cannot be determined with mathematical certainty, the presumption in favor of the regularity and the validity of the election stands, 1 and the petitioner’s application for a writ of mandamus is denied.

The Republican primary for County Treasurer of Alfalfa County, Oklahoma was held on…