Legal Opinion
Sims v. Atwell
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Decided October 14, 1977PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PARK, Judge.
This is an election contest arising out of the Democratic primary for county judge-executive of Hart County conducted on May 24, 1977. As certified by the board of elections, the contestee-appellant, Jack Sims, was the apparent winner by a plurality of forty-five votes, based upon the following tabulation:
Jack Sims 1626
Harold Atwell 1581
Eursie L. Sullivan 384
The contestant-appellee, Harold Atwell, instituted an election contest proceeding in the Hart Circuit Court challenging all of the votes in Euclid precinct (A-103). As tabulated by the board of elections, the following votes…
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