Howell v. Tidwell

Marshall, Chief Justice.

When the appellants submitted their petition for the recall of Bartow County Commissioner Frank Moore to Probate Judge Norma Tidwell, appellee, for verification of the signatures, she disqualified enough of them, under OCGA §§ 21-4-7 through 10, so that the total number of verified signatures fell below the number necessary to require a recall election. The appellants filed this action for the writ of mandamus against appellee Tidwell to force her to verify the signatures properly. This court reversed the judgment dismissing the appellants’ petition, holding that,…