Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-01-13 | Page 3 | Court Counts Disputed Vote

1 COURT COUNTS COUNT'S COUNTS DISPUTED VOTE A belief that court costs will wm be only deterrent in the future against contests in close elections was expressed ex ex- pressed Wednesday by attorneys who watched the contest in the thc recent Bingham election progress Judge David W. W V. V Moffat in Third dis dis- tr ct court The initial cost is 12 1250 50 Dr John F. F Flynn is contesting the election of Harry S. S whom election judges declared wo won the election as president of the towns town board of trustees by a plurality of oC 2 votes Three other contests contes filed later throw every post on the board in doubt The contests have been con con- for hearing Checkers who are recounting the ballots complete completed I the recount in the thc upper voting district of oC Bingham Bingha and started work on the ballots cast in n the lower district A total of usa 1153 ballots was cast at at the election on November November No No- vember 3 A total of challenged ballots vas was recorded in recounting the votes voles cast east m in the upper district The challenges chal chal- lenges are about evenly divided between be be- tween the contestants and the con- con Precedents established in the Evans Reiser-Evans Rei ser Evans contest ov over r the county re- re are being followed in the present case SC t