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WILLIS v. THOMAS

No. 4398.

600 P.2d 1079 (1979)

Ed WILLIS, Candidate for the Office of State Senator, District F, Appellant, v. Lowell THOMAS, Jr., former Lieutenant Governor of the State of Alaska, and Terry Miller, Lieutenant Governor of the State of Alaska, Appellees, and Tim Kelly, Appellee and Cross-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

September 14, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas Pope, Anchorage, for appellant Willis.

Clifford J. Groh, Groh, Eggers, Robinson, Price & Johnson, Michael R. Spaan, Birch, Horton, Bittner & Monroe and Patrick H. Owen, Anchorage, for appellee and cross-appellant Kelly.

J. Amy Stephson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Anchorage, Rodger Pegues, Asst. Atty. Gen., Avrum M. Gross, Atty. Gen., Juneau, for appellees Thomas and Miller.

Before RABINOWITZ, C.J., and CONNOR, BOOCHEVER, BURKE and MATTHEWS, JJ.

OPINION

MATTHEWS, Justice.

This case arises out of the election for the state senate seat in Senate District F which was held on November 7, 1978. After the original canvass of votes in the district the vote tallies showed that candidate Ed Willis had received 4,413 votes and that candidate Tim Kelly had received 4,409 votes. Both candidates requested a recount pursuant to AS 15.20.430.1 The recount took place on December 1 and...

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