Tripp v. Holder

Quillian, Judge.

The parties stipulated that in the pri*611mary at which defendant Cadwell was chosen as Democratic nominee for the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues of Dodge County, the plaintiff Tripp served as a poll officer. Code Ann. § 34-503 (Ga. L. 1964, Ex. Sess., pp. 26, 43) provides: “No poll officer shall be eligible to any nomination or public office to be voted for at a primary or election at which he shall serve.” In our view, this statute is controlling. Its language is broad and unequivocal in scope and purpose. The statute declares that one who serves as a poll officer…