Paul Hancock v. Melvin Lewis

Action commenced in the District Court of Goodhue County through the filing of a notice of election contest on April 4, 1963,
by contestant, Paul Hancock, a duly qualified elector of the village of Pine Island, against Melvin Lewis, clerk of the village,
as contestee. The contest involves a special election held in Pine Island on March 26, 1963, to determine whether the village should issue
bonds for the purpose of constructing a nursing home. The notice alleged that the village clerk issued 21 absentee ballots
for the election without proper application having been made therefor; that the judges of election received and counted 19
absentee ballots which had not been returned in envelopes on which identifying voters' certificates were printed as specified
in Minn. St. 207.08; that 9 of the absentee ballots received and counted by the judges of election were not identifiable in
any way as to the name of the voter casting the same; and that 2 ballots were taken from the polling place, marked, returned
to the polling place, and thereafter received and counted by the judges of election. The notice also contains an allegation
that the judges of election left the polling place at various intervals during the period when the polls remained open for
voting.