Henry Whitehorn (left) John Nickelson (right)
A retired state Supreme Court Justice is hearing a lawsuit today filed by Caddo Parish Sheriff candidate John Nickelson who lost the election by one vote. During the recount, Nickelson says the Board of Election Supervisors only rescanned mail-in ballots instead of a hand count. The Republican says two people voted twice, and…
“We know that people who didn’t sign their ballots had their ballots cast. Our goal is to make sure that every lawful vote is counted and make sure that no unlawful vote is counted,” said Nickelson.
In the runoff and the recount, Henry Whitehorn was declared the winner. He says the results should stand. The Democrat says he’s always been told the person with the most votes wins whether it’s by 1,000 votes or even just one…
“But now we are saying that one vote doesn’t matter. The Secretary of State has certified this election. They have certified that I won this election,” said Whitehorn.
Whitehorn says the lawsuit is asking the court to disregard the election process.
Nickelson says the will of the people must be respected and that’s why he’s filed the lawsuit…
“I am confident based on the information we have received over the past 24 hours, that the uncertified results reported by the Clerk of Courts to the Secretary of State will never be certified,” said Nickelson.
Whitehorn says if he had lost the recount, he wouldn’t have sought legal action and the lawsuit filed by his opponent is asking the court to disregard the election process and it…
“Means that they are also saying that the integrity of the other races is also questionable. But most importantly asking the court to overturn this election means that your vote doesn’t matter,” said Whitehorn.
Retired Supreme Court justice, Joseph Bleich, is hearing the case and is expected to deliver a ruling tomorrow.
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