refusing to nullify results of a voter referendum where the form of the ballot question did not meet technical dictates of the governing statute, but nonetheless sufficiently informed voters of the question
How later courts described this case
- refusing to nullify results of a voter referendum where the form of the ballot question did not meet technical dictates of the governing statute, but nonetheless sufficiently informed voters of the question
- “If the law itself declares a specified [election] irregularity to be fatal the courts will follow that command, irrespective of their views of the importance of the requirement.”
Written by the judges who cited it.
The opinion
Decree affirmed at appellants' cost; opinion to be filed later.