Perloff v. Edington

MERRILL, Justice.

The sole question presented in this appeal is one of law — whether the State Democratic Executive Committee and its subcommittee had jurisdiction to hear a primary election contest when the statute requiring the committee to meet not more than twenty days from the time of the filing of a contest, Tit. 17, § 386, was not complied with. We hold that the subcommittee was without jurisdiction.

Appellant, Mike Perloff, and James E. Buskey were candidates for State Senator from the 33rd Senatorial District in Mobile County. The official vote canvass in the June 4th runoff showed…