Lee v. Tuttle

OPINION

HOLDER, Justice.

This is an election contest alleging irregularities or mistakes in vote counting in the 1994 election for Claiborne County Sheriff and Circuit Court Clerk.1 The issue with which we are confronted is whether votes *484shall be recounted when contestants allege that irregularities in vote tallying caused their defeat. The Court of Appeals ordered a recount pursuant to Blackwood v. Hollingsworth, 195 Tenn. 427, 260 S.W.2d 164 (1953). Upon review, we reverse. We distinguish the present ease from Blackwood on the basis that Blackwood dealt with fraud and not mere irregularities…