The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1920-12-17

SdlO general elect Oh was Cutl Helu III
the county of Clear Greek on the second
day of November, A. D. 1920, and that
in the various election precincts in said
county the judges of election and clerks,
after the closing Of the polls in each OF
the various election prec,ncts of the
said county, as provided by law. opened
the ballot boxes in their respective
precincts and PRETENDED to count
the votes polled, sign the tally books
and prepare and sign the official returns,
and return them to the county clerk OF
the county of Clear Creek for the pur-
pose of presentation to the canvassing
board
8. Your contestor further alleges that
in SO making the returns of the votes
by the county clerk and the county can
vassing board to the secretary of state
and the state canvassing board from
the district comprising the county of
Clear Creek said officials did certify un-
lawfully, illegally and enormously to
the secretary of state that your con
testor, j. H. Roneson, received only
652 votes, and as result of such action
the said state canvassing board, in its
verified statement to the secretary of
state of the state of Colorado, certified
that the contestee ne'ein was EMIT ed
to receive the certificate of election to
said position.
13 Your contestor further alleges
that the particular grounds Of this con-
test are that grievous errors and mis-
judges and clerks of election in several
election precincts of the county OF Clear
Creek took place in counting the votes
cast at said general election Nov. 2, 1920,
for the candidates for election to the
Office of representative in the twenty
third general assembly of the state of
Colorado from the legislative district
comprising the county of Clear Creek,
and in the certifying of the returns
thereof for the candidates for said office
Of representative, and particularly in
reference to the votes cast for your
contestor in the twenty third general
assembly of the state Of Colorado; and
that errors, mistakes and neglect oc
Cured on the part of the canvassing
board of the county of Clear Creek in
canvassing and certifying sa'd returns
to the secretary of state and the state
board of canvassers, part cularly in ref
erence to returns for your contestor,
which said errors and mistakes of the
judges and Gle ks of election and f the
canvassing board were and are suffi-
cient to change he certified result, and
sufficient to change the certified result
of the state board of canvassers as to
the election of representative from said
district, and if said errors and mistakes
seat your confession.
IA. Your confession further alleges
that the election returns from several
precincts in the county of Clear Greek
which were sent in by the election
judges and clerks to said county clerk
and county canvassing board. and which
precincts are hereinafter enumerated,
were incorrect and not true and correct
returns, in that there were not counted
for this contestor severl votes which
were legally cast in said precincts for
this contestor for said office of repre-
sentative, and that votes in said pre-
cincts received by your confession were
not correctly and legally counted and
correctly and legally certified to the
county canvassing board, nor, through
them, to the state canvassing board,
but, on the contrary, legal votes given
to this confession were incorrectly and
illegally omitted from the count and
from the returns certified to the county
clerk and county canvassing board, and
that said omission in said various pre-
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