Fyntrilakis v. City of Springfield

A special Democratic primary was held on May 25, 1999, in the Ninth Hampden District in order to select a *465Democratic party candidate for the special election which was to occur on June 22, 1999, for the State Representative’s seat. Jack Keough initially won the primary by thirty-one votes; after a recount, he was determined to be the winner of the primary by a margin of thirty-two votes. Nicholas A. Fyntrilakis, the second-place finisher, brought an action in the Superior Court challenging the results of the election (see note 1, supra). He alleged, among other things, that forty-nine2 voters…