The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-11-19
ELECTION CONTEST HAS BEEN FILED
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the following named persons and that they duly qualified and acted as
such Inspectors to wit H. c. Brbe r Chaman John H. kaaeac
Twcnyninth That among the duties imposed by law upon said
Inspectors Election Precinct
ing the ballots and declaring and recording the result counting
1.-The ballots cast at said election and at said precinct said INSPECTORS Of
Election illegally rejected the following number ballots To wit fifty
$50 ballots the ground that the backs OF the od with
ink fifty (5o ballots ground in fold
ing fifteen ballots the ground that the thereof
many supervisors clerks both o ballots the ground
that leg ballot long; Co ballots
the ground that the marked partly with ink partly with
pencil fortye @ ballots the ground that the soed
IU7S ballots
Thetb That rejecting ballots said Inspectors Election
acted contrary and contraventon OF petitioners right
hereunder that said rejected ballots valid and entitled to be
counted that voted for said ballots than there
were oces to be hed except the ONCE OF Supervisors or clerk or
BOTH that said rejected ballots did contain any mark symbol
whereby they may be identified mark symbol contrary to
law that two said ballots not found the ballot box
folded together make clearly evident that than bal
lot put by that said ballot conformity with
Thiyfrst Your petitioners aege that ballots which
rejected said Seventh Precinct the ground that they
soed with ink the back and boted the face sod
and boed by the said of Henry c. Bbe Chairman of the Board
Inspectors and that the by the of said Chairman
deprived rights said ballots handed said
be deposited the box he pressed them before deposn
them and caused them blot that during the attention
publicly called the fact that the hand said Henry c. Brbe contain
of ink and that he song the ballots
then rejecting them and complaint being persent pressed he
stopped the washed his hands but that thereafter his
again ink him
Ijected
Then follows prayer relief prayer process fol-
ForteThat said persons legally entitled said certif
of election that said certificates based the decision
said Inspectors of Election whereby said ballots rejected and that
said decision illegal and for the that said ballots
valid should have been counted that the should be
persons said election would be declared
elected awarded certificates of election the stead
1.-The persons named in paragraph that large number
blottcd polling department
by stamp furnished the by the Territory.
yhrstTha all the things required by be
with said the office of the
Governor the Secretary the Territory respectively and
hereby TO- and as far as can be- part
recital.
Forty-secondAnd petitioners lastly alleges, that the law
provides ballot and and award of the
tfcaes of election persons legally entitled thereto
Wherefore petitioners pray that citing
Election and said having received said certificates
election appear this said petition fourteen days after
the hearing hereof petitioners
setting aside decision of said Board of Inspectors
E1ection counting said ballots 60 declaring what have
legally elected said county officers ca awarding them certificates
directing the Secretary of the Territory issue the
60 granting such further other relief the Court deem
just