Ashcraft v. Edmondson

STANLEY, Commissioner.

The original returns of the August, 1951, primary election for the Democratic nomination for the unexpired term of County Clerk of Gallatin County were: Walter Edmondson, 734, and Mrs. Thelma B. Ashcraft, 719 votes. Mrs. Ashcraft filed a petition asking the circuit court to recount the ballots but combined her request under the particular statute, KRS 122.060, with other allegations constituting a contest of Edmondson’s election on the ground that the early closing of the. polls in one precinct had deprived her. of twenty votes. This ground of contest, however, seems to…