Show HOLMGREN WINS CONTEST CASE judge melvin C harris rendered his decision saturday in the case of at A D mcguire vs john P holmgren in favor of of mr holmgren Holmi gren the action was in the nature ot of a contest suit to determine whether or not mr holmgren wt kj s duly elected a member of tho the board ot of education of box elder county from district number three mcguir 0 contended that some eighty ballots cast and counted in the bear river precinct were irregular and not official ballots which gave holmgren the majority vote in the election mc guire received the next highest number ot of votes and by reason ot of these thes e contended unofficial ballots he claimed the election after hearing the evidence in the case some time ago judge harris took the matter under advisement briefs were submitted in the case which were duly considered by the judge before giving his final decision in rendering his decision the judge stated in part that the ballots in both cases were practically the same and the ballots issued by the clerk were not marked official ballots that no attempt was made to prove fraud or that this procedure prevented a secret ballot bailot or that any voter was deceived thereby he further stated that our supreme court has in the past adopted a policy in contested cases that a substantial number of voters should not be franchised disfranchised dis and the will ot of the majority ot of the voters defeated by mere technical errors ot of judges of 0 election whereas there was no fraud or intention to destroy the s secrecy of ballot or intimidating or any voter tate tte voters were permitted to take tw 1 ballots Zal ballots D lots 0 to contala in inglette ing l litte the came name of john P holmgren an and 0 whether ther the name of P M hansen boti ballo i contained blanks for writing in the name of any other competent comp elent ilent person person |