Legal Opinion
Moore v. Hayes
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided September 29, 1987No. 68519PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AMENDED OPINION
KAUGER, Justice.
This original proceeding arose from the trial court’s refusal to invalidate a municipal election, and because elections are matters of great public interest, we have assumed original jurisdiction. We find that the petitioner failed to demonstrate that illegal votes had been cast which would deprive the election results of mathematical certainty; but the Election Board’s dis-allowance of one ballot as having been improperly marked was incorrect. As a result, we find the election to be a tie, from which the winner must be determined by lot.1 A writ of prohibition…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- City of Springfield v. ClementMissouri Court of Appeals · 1920
- State Ex Rel. Thompson v. EkbergSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1980
- Jones v. BurkettSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1959
- Suglove v. Oklahoma Tax CommissionSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1979
- Hembree v. City of StilwellSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1979
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Comer v. Preferred Risk Mutual Ins. Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1999
- In Re Initiative Petition No. 379Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 2006
- Bryant v. Commissioner of the Department of Public SafetySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1997
- Movants to Quash Grand Jury Subpoenas v. PowersSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1992
- McKye v. STATE ELECTION BD. OF STATESupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1995
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