Stewart v. Cartwright
Supreme Court of Georgia
Petitions for mandamus and injunction. Before Judge Dickerson. Chatham superior court. January 16, 1923. An election for mayor of the City of Savannah was held on January 9, 1923. There were two election managers at each .polling-place, whose duty it ivas to conduct the election, receive the ballots cast, and at the close of the polls count the votes, and make returns to a board of canvassers consisting of the judge of the superior court, the judge of the city court, and the…
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Petitions for mandamus and injunction. Before Judge Dickerson. Chatham superior court. January 16, 1923. An election for mayor of the City of Savannah was held on January 9, 1923. There were two election managers at each .polling-place, whose duty it ivas to conduct the election, receive the ballots cast, and at the close of the polls count the votes, and make returns to a board of canvassers consisting of the judge of the superior court, the judge of the city court, and the ordinary of the county. It was the duty of the board of canvassers to receive .and publicly consolidate the returns…
1Opinion of the CourtAtkinson, J.
1. Two local statutes were approved on August 12, 1914, providing a method for electing a mayor and aldermen and a recorder for the City of Savannah. One is the primary law (Acts 1914, p. 1172) and the other the election law (Acts 1914, p. 1162). Section 23 of the election law provides: "That all candidates for mayor and aldermen and recorder, who may have been nominated by any political party at the primary election provided for by law for the City of Savannah, shall file with the clerk of council of said city, five days before the election provided for in this act, notice of their…
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