State ex rel. Hanson v. Wilson

Citations

• 113 Wash. 49
• 192 P. 913
• 1920 Wash. LEXIS 754

Syllabus

<p>Elections (33) — Ballots—Illegal Votes — Assistance in Masking Ballots — Statutes. Under Rem. Code, §§ 4899, 4902 and 4909, containing absolute, explicit and peremptory provisions designed to secure the secrecy and purity of the ballot, votes are illegal and cannot be counted where, in violation of the statute, the wife of a candidate who was not a member of the election board went into the booth with six} named voters and assisted the voters in preparing their ballots, without request therefor.</p> <p>Mount, J., dissents.</p>