DeFee v. Kaley

Eberhardt, Judge.

Appellants qualified as write-in candidates for the office of Treasurer of Cobb County in the general election held November 5, 1968. Two others likewise qualified as write-in candidates, or attempted to do so. One of the others, Peggy J. Westmoreland, received the highest write-in vote, and James W. Cooper recieved the second highest number of votes. DeFee filed his election contest, contending that neither Westmoreland nor Cooper had complied with the *539provisions of Art. II, Sec. VII, Par. I of the Constitution of 1945, in that neither had filed with the ordinary of the…