Hammill v. Valentine

Smith, Justice.

This is the second appearance of this election contest. We affirm.

The appellees, Michael Valentine, an aggrieved elector, and Edgar M. Edwards, a candidate, filed their first petition contesting the August 30, 1988 Democratic Primary runoff for nomination to the Georgia State Senate for the Third District on September 12, 1988 in the Superior Court of Glynn County.1 The petition alleged, among other things, that illegal votes were received at the polls sufficient to place the results in doubt. See OCGA § 21-2-522 (3). The appellees filed a second petition on September 20, 1988.2