· 4/10/1989
Connolly v. Secretary of the Commonwealth
Citations
- 536 N.E.2d 1058
- 404 Mass. 556
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- “[I]n order to prevail, one of the candidates must show a winning margin of at least one vote more than the number of absentee ballots wrongfully counted”
- voters not to be disenfranchised because of error of election official
- votes properly counted where blank for voter’s signature on application contains signature followed by initials since inference properly drawn that witnesses signed the affidavit on voter's behalf and initialed the signature because the voter was unable to sign the affidavit
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Judges: Hennessey, Liacos, Abrams, O'Connor
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