State ex rel. Bushmeyer v. Cahill

SNYDER, Presiding Judge.

This is an original proceeding in prohibition arising from an election contest. Relator Bushmeyer seeks to prohibit respondent, The Honorable Clyde S. Cahill, Jr., Circuit Judge of the City of St. Louis, from enforcing his order requiring that all absentee voters in the August 8, 1978 Democratic primary election for the 83rd Legislative District be allowed to recast their ballots in a partial new election. This court’s preliminary writ of prohibition was issued on September 29, 1978. Following briefs and argument, the preliminary writ was made absolute on October…