darkened the oval in front of other candidate’s names in which individual votes were cast, as well as the constitutional amendments and initiated measure included on the ballot. Furthermore, the voter also darkened ovals in front of the only Republican candidate for presidential electors and the only Republican candidate for the Public Utilities Commission. These marks are contrary to an intention to vote a straight party ticket. The voter’s choice not to vote for candidates in the local legislative and county offices does not imply a choice to vote a straight party ticket in those races. Rather, it is just as likely the mark appearing in front of the Republican Party straight ticket is the result of hesitation or inadvertence by the voter. See Church, 10 S.D. at 451, 74 N.W. at 199 (<HOLDING>). Exhibit 22 is a valid ballot. This
holding a 1 signature requirement as within the outer boundaries of support the state may require before affording political parties ballot position holding marks inadvertently made by a voter do not invalidate the ballot holding that a court cannot do indirectly what it cannot do directly holding that the use of the term protection in the ballot title did not constitute impermissible political or emotional rhetoric holding that duress or coercion would invalidate a contract if the coercion comes from the opposing party not the claimants attorney