The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1915-01-14
ELECTION ILLEGAL.
SAYS THE BOARD
c VASSERS DECIDE
AGAINST NEW COUNTY
OF MCCORMICK
WILL GOTO THE
SUPREME COURT
Opinion of Board That Citizens
Not Permitted TO Vote Would
Have Changed Result.
UFrom the Greenwood Journal

The board OF canyassers of Green
wood county, In unanimous decision
late Tuesday afternoon declared the
Mccormick county election null and
vOiu. Attorneys for the new county
will take the contest to the State
Board which will meet in a lew uays.
II the decision of the local board IS
sustained they will go to the State
Supreme Court. ION the other hand,
II the local board is reversed attor-
ncys for the contestants will go to the
| Supreme court. so that the States
| highest tribunal Is 10 be the final ar
bitter in the contest.
The principal points in the formal
decision Of the Greenwood board are
as follows:
Notice OF protest and contest was
duly given the Board of Canvassers
in petition signed by r. A. Robert
son and other citizens and quslihcd
electors residing in the territory pro-
posed To be cut off from Greenwood
county into the proposed new county.
Testimony was taken by affidavits
and otherwise, pro and con. from day
to day. which is also herewith enclos-
ed as part OF this report.
After careful and painstaking re-
view OF the testimony and Nil other
proceedings and papers herein. this
board finds and declares the election
null and void for the following reas-
onB:
The Reasons.
| The testimony clearly shows that
u sufficient number of voters living
In the territory proposed to be cut
off from Greenwood. to wit: in the
townships of Callison, Troy and parts
II gfrlr Il
the right of suffrage, who would have
voted against the formation of the
new county 10 have changed the re-
suit of the election entirely.
| . The total vote cast was sixty-four
t64). We find that six t6) illegal votes
were cast by voters whose registra-
tion certificates were not obtained
thirty (30) days before the election
ms required by law. These votes we
had to throw out In our consideration.
| We find that twelve t12) voters
made nffidavits that they would have
voted against the new county IL al
lowed TO vote and subsequently made
other affidavits withdrawing the first
ones. We have no way of determining
what they would have done Fifty
three (53) affldavits. altogether. were
made by parties who would have voted
ubuihot tuc llcH Counls.
from that number the twelve (12) just
mentioned. II leaves forty-one (41)
who would have voted against the
new county IL they had been permit
ted, I'D TO .hie thirteen u3t. who ,ili
vote against the new county, and we
have fifty-four t54); and thus il ap-
pears that IL the forty-one t41) voters
mentioned had been allowed TO vtoe.
the necessary two-thirds $3.50 major
| ity to carry the election would not
have resulted
| We do not believe that any qualified
elector should be denied his right nf
suffrage. which Is the most sacred
civil right given by the law.
Finding as we do. that if the for
Ity-one t4l) qualified electors had
been allowed to vote, which was not
done because OF the defective machin-
cry OF the present law. we feel forced
to declare the election null and void.
(Signed)
w. ]. NJ. ANDERSON,
| w. II. LEITH,
r. l.. GOLDEN.
County Board OF Canvassers for
| Greenwood County.