Brown v. Carr

Fox, President:

An election to select a mayor and four members of the council of the City of Hinton was' held on June 10, 1947. The ticket was made up by the ballot commissioners, purportedly under the provisions of Code, 3-l-10a. The Democratic party organization nominated P. J. Carr as its candidate for mayor, and four candidates for members' of the council. For some reason, the Republican organization did not nominate candidates, either for the office of mayor, or for membership on the city council. The ballot was printed on one sheet of paper, on the left side of which was the Democratic…