Legal Opinion
Pendleton v. District of Columbia Board of Elections & Ethics
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided July 22, 1981No. 79-1270PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Per curiam
Petitioner, an unsuccessful write-in candidate in the November 1979 election for a seat on the Advisory Neighborhood Commission, seeks review of the decision of the Board of Elections and Ethics which credited two contested write-in votes to interve-nor De Long Harris, Jr. and certified him as the winner of the election by a margin of one vote. Because we agree with petitioner that the Board erred in crediting one of those write-in ballots to candidate Harris, we set aside the election results as certified by the Board, declare that the true vote count resulted in a tie, and remand the case…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Williams v. RhodesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Socialist Labor Party v. RhodesDistrict Court, S.D. Ohio · 1968
- Kamins v. Board of Elections, District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1974
- In Re Petition of Fifteen Registered Voters, Cty. of SussexNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1974
- In Re Challenge to Nominating Petition of HaworthDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1969
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Dankman v. District of Columbia Board of Elections & EthicsDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1981
- Pendleton v. District of Columbia Board of Elections & EthicsDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1982
- Kabel v. District of Columbia Board of Elections & EthicsDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2008
- Dankman v. District of Columbia Board of Elections & EthicsDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1981
- Dankman v. District of Columbia Board of Elections & EthicsDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1981