Thurman v. Keen

REED, Judge.

This is an election contest that presents a single question: Did the admitted noncompliance with election laws by election officials in the preparation and operation of a voting machine taint the election process at the precinct where the machine was used to the extent that the votes cast at the precinct must be rejected in determining the results of the election?

At the May 27, 1969 primary election in Cumberland County, the contestant, Thurman, and the contestee, Keen, were the only candidates seeking the Republican nomination for the office of sheriff. The election commissioners…