Crawford v. Harmon
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Franklin Circuit Court, Ozark District; James Cochran, Judge; This was a Democratic primary election, and it was error to allow Republicans to vote and count their votes.
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Appeal from Franklin Circuit Court, Ozark District; James Cochran, Judge; This was a Democratic primary election, and it was error to allow Republicans to vote and count their votes. If the illegal votes had been thrown out, appellant clearly received a majority of the votes cast legally. 20 C. J., par. 158, p. 137; 109 Ark. 250; 43 Ark. 62. The requirement that ballots shall be endorsed is mandatory. 69 Ark. 501; 79 Id: 236; 98 Id. 505; 108 Id. 515. To justify the annulment of an election, it is not necessary to show that a majority of the electors were actually prevented from voting or…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCulloch, C. J.
At the general primary election held on August 10, 1920, for the purpose of nominating candidates of the Democratic party, appellant and appel-lee were opposing candidates for the office of sheriff of Franklin County, and upon the canvass of the votes ap-pellee was returned as the successful candidate by a majority of 43 votes, having received 941 votes and appellant having received i898 votes.
Appellant instituted a contest in the circuit court pursuant to the statute (Crawford & Moses’ Digest, § 3772), and in his complaint containing numerous paragraphs he set forth his grounds for the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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