LaPorta v. Broadbent

Gunderson, C. J., with whom Thompson, J., agrees,

dissenting:

We do not feel the issue here is whether “the fundamentals of suffrage require that electors shall have the opportunity to participate in elections and that the real will of the electors should not be defeated by errors in the conduct of an election.”

As we view it, the issue is: Without any record before us and without notice, should this court have mandated a partial new election allowing persons registered in one precinct to have a second opportunity to vote again long after election day, even though few of them used the defective…