Broussard v. Miller

FORET, Judge.

In this appeal we are asked to determine whether votes cast for a candidate who died before the primary election are to be counted in arriving at the number of votes which constitutes a majority of the votes cast in the election. The trial court agreed with the plaintiff and held that the votes cast for the deceased candidate are to be counted. Therefore, the trial court granted a permanent injunction and ordered that a runoff election be held. We reverse.

The factual background of this case is undisputed. Alton Broussard, Murphy Fisher, and Pat Miller qualified as candidates for…