Union County v. Union County Election Commission

Robert H. Dudley, Justice.

The central issue in this appeal is whether a quorum court has authority to establish a ceiling on expenditures made by a county election commission. We hold the quorum court has such authority when exercised in a reasonable manner.

In 1968 voting machines were installed in Union County. The election commission asked Tom Calhoun and Tom Williams to maintain and program the machines. The manufacturer of the voting machines sent a representative to Union County to train Calhoun and Williams, as neither had any experience with voting machines. Calhoun, a heating and…