Hanson v. Emanuel

Peterson, Justice.

This is a contest of an election of trustee of the village of Keewatin. The .election was held on December 3, 1940, to fill the offices of clerk and trustee. On the printed ballots were the names of two candidates for clerk and two for trustee with blank spaces for writing in names for each office. Contestant and contestee were candidates for trustee. In addition to the candidates whose names were on the printed .ballot, one John Jovanovich, for whom 98 ballots were cast, was a sticker candidate for clerk.

The village canvassing board found that contestee received 483 votes…