State ex rel. Milwaukee County Republican Committee v. Ames

{dissenting). The ultimate result of the construction given by the majority of the court to the provisions in sub. (1) of sec. 6.32, Stats., is to qualify the Republican party as the party receiving the next largest vote in the district in question to that of the Democratic party, which cast 805 votes for its presidential electors, although the Republican party’s presidential electors and candidate for governor received, respectively, but 85 and 88 votes, as compared to 503 votes cast for the Progressive party’s candidate for governor. That result is obviously so absurd that there is…