Evans v. Hood

At the regular Democratic primary held on August 3, 1943, the parties hereto were the two opposing candidates for the nomination for the office of member of the board of supervisors for District No. 3 of Tunica County. In this district there is only one voting precinct. At the precinct 242 votes were cast for supervisor, and of them 12'2 were marked with a cross mark opposite the name of contestant, the appellant here, and 120 were so marked for contestee. The precinct election managers rejected two of the ballots marked for contestant, and reported that the vote was a tie — 120 for each…