dealing with the statewide procedural uniformity in municipal election protests
How later courts described this case
- dealing with the statewide procedural uniformity in municipal election protests
Written by the judges who cited it.
The opinion
WATT, Justice,
dissenting.
I dissent. The opinion adopted by the majority today will send shock waves through municipal hallways across this state in every Charter city and town. Where reason once prevailed, chaos now reigns.
This is a simple case in the final analysis. The contestant had two days under Oklahoma City’s Charter within which to protest the election results. Because he waited three days, contestant’s contest came too late. A certificate of election should issue to petitioner, Sheila G. Simpson.