STATE ADMINISTRATIVE BOARD OF ELECTION LAWS v. Billhimer

GILBERT, Chief Judge.

Andrew Jackson, the seventh President of the United States, is quoted as having said:

“The duties of all public offices are, or at least admit of being made, so plain and simple that men of intelligence may readily qualify themselves for their performance, and I cannot but believe that more is lost by a long continuance in office than is generally gained by their experience.” 1

With that statement President Jackson justified his philosophy of “to the victor belong the spoils.” 2 This appeal tests whether the position of Deputy State Election Administrator is part of the…