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BOARD OF ELECTION COM'RS OF ST. LOUIS COUNTY v. KNIPP

No. 71912.

784 S.W.2d 797 (1990)

BOARD OF ELECTION COMMISSIONERS OF ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Michael KNIPP, Defendant-Counterclaimant-Appellant, v. Douglas NUTE, Defendant-Respondent.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied March 13, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard P. Dorsey, St. Charles, Lawrence E. Wines, St. Louis, for defendant-counterclaimant-appellant.

Steven W. Garrett, Clayton, for respondent.

ROBERTSON, Judge.

This case involves an election contest brought by the Board of Election Commissioners of St. Louis County ("the Board"). The dispositive issue asks whether the Board has authority to seek a new election through an election contest. We hold that Section 115.600, RSMo 1986, limits the remedies available to the Board to filing a petition for a recount. We hold that the circuit court was without jurisdiction to order a new election. The judgment of the...

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