In re Appeal of Harper

LEWIS, Judge.

This appeal arises out of a complaint filed with the Greene County Board of Elections (hereinafter the “County Board”) by Frank H. Harper, a candidate for re-election to the Greene County Board of Commissioners. The undisputed facts are as follows: Six candidates, including Beaman and Harper, ran in the 3 May 1994 Democratic primary for the Greene County Board of Commissioners. Each voter could vote for three candidates, and the three having the highest vote totals would be the Democratic nominees in the general election. After a recount, conducted by the County Board on its own…