In Re Writ of Certiorari as to the Determination of Election on the Brookings School District's Decision to Raise Additional General Fund

KONENKAMP, Justice.

[¶ 1.] This case presents the question whether a petition for recount in a school district election is sufficient, when it is not verified as required by statute. After a school district referendum election approving a tax increase, a recount board was convened on a petition that was not verified. The recount board overturned the election. We conclude that absent verification, the recount petition was invalid, and because the recount board was convened invalidly, its decision overturning the school district election was also invalid. Thus, the circuit court’s grant of a…