Matter of Contest of General Election

PETERSON, Justice.

Contestant, Ethel Graves, brought this action to contest the November 8,1977, election of the incumbent, Keith Meland, to the office of councilman from the third ward in the city of St. Louis Park. The first phase of the matter was a recount of the ballots, in which the trial court determined that Meland had received a majority of the votes lawfully cast. There being no appeal from that determination, the judgment is to that extent affirmed. The second phase of the matter, the subject of this appeal, involves contestant’s complaint that a printed campaign circular prepared…