Smith v. King

OPINION

NAJAM, Judge

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

This case arises from an election contest filed in the Lake Circuit Court. Scott King was nominated for the office of May- or of Gary in the May 4, 1999 primary election. On May 11, 1999, Vernon Smith, one of five other candidates, filed a petition contesting the election. Smith alleged irregularities in the printing of ballots and in the programming of the electronic voting system. He further alleged fraudulent manipulation of vote totals and asserted that a voting machine or electronic voting system had malfunctioned in each of the precincts in the…