Thorsness v. Daschle

HENDERSON, Justice.

This Court has previously decided that it is empowered to conduct a post-election review of the Thorsness-Daschle election to the United States Congress. See Thorsness v. Daschle, 279 N.W.2d 166 (S.D.1979). The review has now been completed. We determine that Daschle won.

Subsequent to our initial decision herein, this Court held a conference with counsel for the parties to narrow the issues presented by this proceeding. Pursuant to that conference, this Court by independent order required counsel to examine all disputed ballots and segregate them into categories in such…