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WELLS v. ST. TAMMANY BOARD OF ELECTION SUPERVISORS

No. 2005 CA 0166.

916 So.2d 212 (2005)

John WELLS v. ST. TAMMANY BOARD OF ELECTION SUPERVISORS.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

May 6, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John B. Wells, Slidell, Plaintiff/Appellant, in Proper Person.

Tom W. Thornhill, Chadwick W. Collings, Slidell, Counsel for James "Jim" Lanz, Amicus Curiae.

Charles J. Foti, Jr., Attorney General, William P. Bryan, III, Assistant Attorney General, Baton Rouge, Counsel for Defendant/Appellee, St. Tammany Board of Election Supervisors.

Before: CARTER, C.J., PETTIGREW, GAIDRY, McDONALD, and WELCH, JJ.

McDONALD, J.

James Lamz was declared the winner of the Slidell City Court general election held on November 2, 2004. On November 8, 2004, John B. Wells, an opposing candidate, filed a "Petition for Declaratory Judgment and Equitable Relief" against the St. Tammany Board of Election Supervisors. Wells' sole request for relief was that, pursuant to LSA-R.S. 18:1313 I, the trial court order a recount of the absentee votes cast in the November 2nd election.

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