Jones v. Jessup

HUNSTEIN, Justice.

Stephen Jessup was a candidate for Sheriff of McIntosh County in the November 2, 2004 general election. He lost to the incumbent, Charles “Chunk” Jones, by 36 votes. Jessup subsequently filed a petition to contest the election, asserting that there were sufficient irregularities to place in doubt the election results. At a hearing on the matter, Jessup introduced voluminous records from the county boards of electors and registrars and presented the testimony of 37 witnesses who had voted at the November 2, 2004 general election. The trial court, after recognizing that the…