Crowe v. Emmert

CAMMACK, Judge.

This is an election contest case. It involves the nomination for County Clerk of Monroe County in the Republican Primary held May 28, 1957. The action was in stituted by Grace Rush Emmert, the ap-pellee, who was a candidate for the office against the incumbent clerk, Christine Crowe, the appellant, also a candidate for the office. Mrs. Emmert challenged the validity of all of the absentee ballots cast in the county clerk’s race. In the voting at the polls Mrs. Emmert received 1,848 votes while Miss Crowe received 1,824 votes. Miss Crowe received 385 of the 408 absentee ballots…