Questão jurídica principal
Whether official costs may be imposed in a voting-rights complaint when the complainant is pursuing his own interests.
Decisão extraída
Yes. Although voting-rights complaints usually do not incur official costs, costs are proper where the complainant is not acting primarily as a voter but is protecting his own economic interests.
Fundamentação extraída
Under § 198(1)(c) VRG, costs are normally borne by the unsuccessful party. § 200(1) VRG allows reduction or waiver only where the parties have no economic interest or special reasons justify it. Here, the complainant opposed a kindergarten and rezoning of his land and was mainly trying to prevent the rezoning of his property; therefore he acted in his own interest and must bear the costs.