Ragan v. Burnett

STEWART, Judge.

This is the second appeal of a primary election contest involving the nomination of a Republican candidate for sheriff of Wayne County. See Ragan v. Burnett, Ky., 305 S.W.2d 759.

In the instant appeal, as in the former one, the legality of all the ballots cast by absentee voters in the last primary election in the above county is challenged. Specifically, it is claimed the county court clerk failed to comply with the provisions of KRS 126.190 and that the violation of the requirements of this statute had the effect of voiding all the absentee votes cast.

The portion of KRS…