Fuller v. Thomas

Thompson, Justice.

The City of Riverdale held its general election on November 6, 2007. In the Ward 2 race, Georgia Randall Fuller ran against three other candidates, Michael Bruce, Wayne Hall, and Roberto Advin-cula. In the Ward 4 contest, the candidates were Stan Harris and Kenny Ruffin. Bruce and Hall received the most votes in the Ward 2 race, but neither candidate received enough votes to avoid a runoff. Ruffin won the Ward 4 race outright. One week later, Fuller and Harris filed a petition to contest the general election on grounds of fraud, misconduct, irregularity and illegality. They…