State, Ex Rel. v. Bd. of Elec.

This is an original proceeding in this court for a writ of mandamus seeking to compel the board of deputy state supervisors of elections of Crawford county, Ohio, to recount all the votes cast at the recent primary election for the nomination of judge of the court of common pleas of said county on the Democratic ticket.

The petition alleges that the relator Benjamin Meek and one Charles Gallinger were rival candidates for the nomination and that the official count disclosed that this relator Meek had 2,718 votes and that Gallinger had 2,740 votes, that 6,456 Democratic votes were cast at that…