Legal Opinion
Howell v. Fears
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided October 15, 2002No. S03A0136PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Thompson, Justice.
On August 20, 2002, a total of 2,660 registered voters in Spalding, Lamar and Butts Counties cast ballots in the race to determine the Democratic nominee for State Representative in House District 92. Lee N. Howell and William A. Fears were the only candidates in that race. The voters cast 1,347 votes for Howell and 1,313 votes for Fears, a difference of 34 votes.
It was subsequently discovered that the ballots in Precinct 9 of Spalding County made no mention of the House District 92 race. A total of 43 registered voters cast ballots in that precinct.
Fears contested the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Miller v. KilpatrickCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1976
- Taggart v. PhillipsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1978
- Bush v. JohnsonCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1965
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