Paulk v. Lee
Supreme Court of Georgia
Contest of election. Before Judge Roberts. Irwin superior court. March 14, 1902.
1Opinion of the CourtSimmons, C. J.
A petition in a proceeding to contest an election held under the general local option law, which alleges that “at least two hundred to three hundred” ballots counted for the winning side were cast by persons who voted illegally, a large number because they had made no tax returns, a large number because not twenty-one years of age, a large number because non-residents, a considerable number because they voted under assumed or fictitious names, and because all of these persons and many others voting for the same side were not legally registered voters, without naming a single man and without…
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