Howell v. Tidwell

Hunt, Justice.

Plaintiffs, citizens of Bartow County, participated in a recall effort against County Commissioner Frank Moore. OCGA Ch. 21-4. When they submitted their petition to the Probate Judge, Norma Tidwell, for verification of the signatures, she disqualified 1950 of them. OCGA §§ 21-4-7; 21-4-10. As a result, the total number of verified signatures fell below the number necessary to require a recall election, and the plaintiffs filed this mandamus action to force the probate judge to verify the signatures properly.1 OCGA § 21-4-17. The trial court dismissed the plaintiffs’ petition for…