Schostag v. Cator

This is a petition for a writ of mandate to compel the defendants to issue instructions to the officers appointed to conduct the approaching primary election in the precinct where petitioner is registered to permit him to vote the ballot of any political party lawfully participating therein, notwithstanding his refusal to comply with the requirements of a new section of the Political Code, known as section 1366a, which provides, among other things, that in all places where the Primary Election Law is in force each elector at the time of registering, or of transferring registration, shall…