How to Overturn a State Election ... Twice

In a state where lawsuits contesting elections are a rarity, Holland & Knight's Jake Evans has done something it appears no one else has: He persuaded a judge to overturn the same race, twice.

Last year, Evans persuaded a senior superior court judge to overturn the Republican primary for House District 28, citing at least 74 voters who were given the wrong ballots. Evans represents Dan Gasaway, who is battling for a fourth term as the district's state representative against challenger Chris Erwin. Gasaway lost that race by 67 votes. There was no Democratic or third-party candidate.

People who likely cast illegal ballots—including a woman who claimed her residence was a property that housed a mailbox and nothing else, and a man who was told when he showed up at the polls that he had already voted but was allowed to cast his ballot anyway.

Evans subpoenaed seven voters and put them on the witness stand.