Buonanno v. DiStefano (1981)

No. 14, 319 Conn. 245 , 125 A.3d 172 , 184 (2015) (an election may be invalidated where "there were substantial violations” of election law and "as a result of those violations, the reliability of the result of the election is seriously in doubt"); Jackson v. Maley, 806 P.2d 610, 620 (Okla. 1991) (explaining that an election may be invalidated where irregularities are "of such a character in either quality or quantity to prove the outcome of an election cannot be determined”…

State v. Cianci, R.I., 430 A.2d at 765; State v. Hoyle, R.I., 404 A.2d at 72.

Let him kill!” Alice Rains Trulock, In the Hands of Providence 358 (1992); see Ex parte Siebold, 100 U.S. 371, 382 (1880) (“In the light of recent history and of the violence, fraud, corruption and irregularity which have frequently prevailed at such elections, it may easily be conceived that the exertion of the power, if it exists, may be necessary to the stability of our frame of government.”); Buonanno v. DiStefano, 430 A.2d 765, 770 (R.I. 1981) (“[T]here is a strong publ…

Let him kill!” Alice Rains Trulock, In the Hands of Providence 358 (1992); see Ex parte Siebold, 100 U.S. 371, 382 , 25 L.Ed. 717 (1880) (“In the light of recent history and of the violence, fraud, corruption and irregularity which have frequently prevailed at such elections, it may easily be conceived that the exertion of the power, if it exists, may be necessary to the stability of our frame of government.”); Buonanno v. DiStefano, 430 A.2d 765, 770 (R.I. 1981) (“[T]here i…

Such behavior would compromise the “strong public policy favoring stability and finality of election results.” Buonanno v. DiStefano, 430 A.2d 765, 770 (R.I. 1981).

NOTES [1] Even if we were to assume voting irregularities existed which rose to the level of not being a "free and fair expression of the voters," counsel for Contestants conceded in his argument to the trial court that "who knows how many people showed up on election day." This statement reveals that counsel has no idea how many potential voters left the lines without voting or how they would have voted. "[A]n election will not be overturned upon the mere mathematical possi…

Rizzo v. Bizzell, 530 So. 2d 121 (1988); Buonanno v. Distefano, 430 A.2d 765, 770 (R.I.1981); De Martini v. Power, 262 N.E.2d 857 (1970); Ippolito v. Power, 241 N.E.2d 232 (1968); In re 1984 Maple Shade General Election, 497 A.2d 577 (N.J. 1985).

Véanse, además: Buonanno v. DiStefano, 430 A.2d 765, 771 (1981); Larson v. Locken, 262 N.W.2d 752 (1978); Bell v. Southwell, 376 F.2d 659 (5to Cir. 1967); Coalition for Ed. Dist.

See Buonanno v. DiStefano, supra at 771, and cases cited therein.

See Buonanno v. DiStefano, 430 A.2d 765, 769 (R.I. 1981) (discussing ratification in the context of a personal agency relationship); Murphy v. Moies, 18 R.I. 100, 104 , 25 A. 977, 978-79 (1892) (“The doctrine of ratification is often applied to municipal corporations, * * * [b]ut the doctrine has its limitations, and cannot be applied to the same extent in public, as in private, matters * * *.”) (emphasis added). - 12 - adopted by the affirmative vote of three (3) or more me…

See Buonanno v. DiStefano, 430 A.2d 765 (R.I.1981).

Int’l, Inc., 328 S.C. 128 , 492 S.E.2d 103 (1997) (if legislature had intended certain result in statute, it would have said so); see also Roche v. Young Bros., Inc., of Florence, 332 S.C. 75 , 504 S.E.2d 311 (1998) (statutes are to be construed with reference to the whole system of law of which they form a part). 8 Cain relies on Buonanno v. DiStefano, 430 A.2d 765 (R.I.1981), as support for a remedy authorizing a new election limited to the Dunes I precinct voters who had …

See Buonanno v. DiStefano , 430 A.2d 765 , 768 (R.I. 1981).

See Buonanno v. DiStefano, 430 A.2d 765 (R.I., 1981).