FRANKLIN v. SECRETARY OF STATE

No. 06-1332.

942 So.2d 62 (2006)

J.L. FRANKLIN v. SECRETARY OF STATE, State of Louisiana, Al Ater.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

October 19, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James B. Doyle, Lake Charles, LA, for Plaintiff/Appellant, J.L. Franklin.

Stephen Hawkland, Office of Secretary of State, Baton Rouge, LA, for Defendant/Appellee, Secretary of State, State of Louisiana, Al Ater.

Court composed of OSWALD A. DECUIR, JIMMIE C. PETERS, and ELIZABETH A. PICKETT, Judges.


PETERS, Judge.

Plaintiff-appellant, J.L. Franklin ("Franklin"), has appealed the trial court's dismissal of his election challenge, brought pursuant to La.R.S. 18:1409, which sought the nullification of the September 30, 2006, election for the Calcasieu Parish School Board District Fourteen seat. Franklin alleged that multiple voting irregularities altered the results of the election, resulting in his loss to the winner by four votes. The trial court held that substantial...

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