Lee v. Rand

ALLBEE, Justice.

We must here decide the winner of a drainage district trustee election conducted in Woodbury County in January 1979. The main issue presented concerns the validity of an absentee ballot which the election judges refused to count. Their decision was reversed by the court of contested county elections but subsequently reaffirmed by the district court on appeal. Upon our de novo review, we affirm the district court.

On January 20, 1979, an election for one position as drainage district trustee was conducted in the Farmers Drainage District of Woodbury County, in accord with…