The appeal must be dismissed. Petitioner was one of two candidates running for a three-year term on respondent board. The election results were certified at respondent's special meeting on May 18, 1999. Neville Georges was declared the successful candidate, with 590 votes to petitioner's 425 votes. This appeal ensued.
Petitioner alleges a number of improprieties in the conduct of the election.
Petitioner requests that I declare her the winner of the election or set aside the election results and order a new election with an oversight committee. Respondent denies every claim raised by petitioner. Respondent denies that Ms. Rubin or any other person inappropriately opened a voting machine or that Ms. Rubin tracked the hourly vote totals for the board candidates, although she concededly checked the voting machine public counters to ascertain the total number of voters during each one-hour segment. Respondent further denies the allegations regarding polling list inaccuracies, and submits that the buff cards signed by persons who actually voted and the report of canvass reflect no discrepancies between the number of voters who signed in and the number of votes cast in the election. Respondent also raises three procedural objections.