Whitener v. Turnbeau

SNYDER, Judge.

This is an election contest case. Contestants-respondents challenged the results of a Marquand-Zion R-VI School District election in which a school tax proposition initially lost by one vote, but upon recount, passed by one vote. After the recount resulted in passage of the tax, intervenor-ap-pellant filed an answer in which he challenged the qualifications of four persons who voted absentee in the election. Respondents’ petition contesting the election was filed before the recount was taken. Respondents supported passage of the tax. After the result of the recount was…