BATES v. BD. OF ELECTIONS AND ETHICS

No. 92-AA-1428.

625 A.2d 891 (1993)

Jeremy BATES, et al., Petitioners, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA BOARD OF ELECTIONS AND ETHICS, Respondent, Peter Espenschied, Intervenor.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided May 27, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard E. Shapiro, with whom Jeremy Bates and Ross Ain, Washington, DC, were on the brief, for petitioners.

William H. Lewis, Washington, DC, with whom Alice P. McCrory, was on the brief, for respondent.

Peter Espenschied, pro se, for the intervenor.

Before SCHWELB, FARRELL, and KING, Associate Judges.


KING, Associate Judge:

Petitioners seek review of the Board of Elections and Ethics ("the Board") certification of intervenor Peter Espenschied as the winner in the November 3, 1992, election for Advisory Neighborhood Commission ("ANC") single-member district 3C09. Concluding that the Board did not adhere to the plain meaning of the statute which required them to certify the candidate who received the highest number of votes, we reverse the decision of the Board and...

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