Womack v. Foster

ANNABELLE Clinton Imber, Justice.

This is an election-contest case. A special election was held on March 9, 1999, to fill a vacancy in the office of Ouachita County Municipal Judge. No candidate received a majority of the votes cast, so a runoff election was held on March 30, 1999, between the appellant, Tim A. Womack, and the appellee, Phillip J. Foster. On the night of the election, Mr. Foster challenged over 600 absentee ballots as they were being counted. Based on Mr. Foster’s challenge to the absentee ballots, the Ouachita County Election Commission threw out sixteen ballots for failure…