Minick v. Scranton

OPINION OF THE COURT

Loren N. Brown, J.

This proceeding has its antecedents in a general election *1007held on November 7, 1989. Petitioner Mark R. Minick ran for the post of Superintendent of Highways for the Town of Stillwater on the Republican line. Respondent Arthur Patterson ran for the same office on the Democratic and Minuteman Party lines. By the time voting had ceased on November 7th, eight emergency ballots had been completed and submitted to the county’s Board of Elections. The votes were canvassed by the Board on November 17, 1989. Of the 8 emergency ballots, and over the petitioner’s…