STEMBRIDGE v. NEWTON

19713.

213 Ga. 304 (1957)

99 S.E.2d 133

STEMBRIDGE, Ordinary v. NEWTON.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided June 10, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert H. Herndon, J. A. Gilmore, Randall Evans, Jr., for plaintiff in error.

D. D. Veal, contra.


DUCKWORTH, Chief Justice.

1. Unintelligible, illegal, and blank ballots should not be counted in computing the number of votes cast in an election, since a ballot can not become a valid vote unless it conforms to the requirements of law. 18 Am. Jur. 342, § 246; 29 C. J. S. 257, § 175. Therefore, an undecipherable ballot is a mere nullity, and the fallacy of allowing such ballots as votes is abundantly clear in the instant case, where this would result in...

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