Wright v. Frazier

Stanley, Commissioner

Reversing.

In due time Charlie Wright petitioned the court to recount the ballots cast in the November, 1949, race for county court clerk of Letcher County. The election commissioners had found his Republican opponent, Troy Frazier, had received a majority of 54 votes. After hearing evidence concerning the integrity of the ballot boxes, the court reached the conclusion, by reason of an occurrence on Sunday night, November 13, that the ballots may have been tampered with and refused a recount.

There had been some confusion in the keys to the boxes when the election…