Legal Opinion
Mead v. Sheffield
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided September 2, 2004No. S04A1982PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARLEY, Justice.
The facts in this case are undisputed. After a recount of the votes cast in the statewide election held on July 20, 2004 to select a successor to Judge Frank Eldridge on the Court of Appeals of Georgia, Mike Sheffield ran second with 207,473 votes and Howard Mead finished third with 207,091 votes. Thus, by a 382-vote margin, Sheffield won the right to participate in a run-off election with Debra Bernes, who was the top vote-getter by over 100,000 votes. However, Mead filed suit, alleging that the number of illegal absentee ballots cast in Laurens County was sufficient to…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- Alexander v. RyanSupreme Court of Georgia · 1947
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