SMITH v. LONG COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS AND REGISTRATION

312 Ga. 306

FINAL COPY S21A0591. SMITH v. LONG COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS AND REGISTRATION et al. MCMILLIAN, Justice. Appellant Bobby Harrison Smith ran against Teresa Odum for the office of Probate Judge of Long County on June 9, 2020 (the “Election”).1 Following Odum’s victory, Smith filed a petition to contest the Election results, alleging there were (1) irregularities committed by election officials, (2) illegal votes cast in the election, and (3) wrongfully rejected votes (collectively “irregularities”). After a three-day bench trial, the trial court concluded that the evidence was…