Durkin v. Hillsborough County Superior Court

In this petition for writ of prohibition, the issue is whether the superior court has jurisdiction to determine if in the election for United States Senator illegal absentee ballots were counted, whether voting machine malfunctions and certain other irregularities exist, and in the event thereof either to order the exclusion of certain votes from being counted or to declare the election invalid and order a new election.

The matter arises out of the contest for the 1974 election for the United States Senate between John A. Durkin and Louis C. Wyman. Plaintiff Durkin after a recount conducted…