Palm v. Lesher

COLEMAN, Justice.

This is an application for a writ of mandamus directing Respondent to order a recount of the ballots used in connection with electronic voting system in Harris County, Texas. The application is refused.

Petitioners pray for mandamus in this language: “. . . that upon hearing hereof the Court will timely issue a Writ of Mandamus to compel Respondent to promptly issue in writing an order permitting the immediate manual re-count of the punch-card ballots relative to the office of Governor in the selected nine voter precincts (and absentee ballots relative thereto), same to…