State ex rel. Gleason v. Stewart

Original application for mandamus to compel the secretary of state to accept and file nominating petitions tendered to him under the provisions of Senate Bill 32 (Chap. 28, Ex. Sess. Laws 1919), which amends the primary law enacted by the people at the general election held in November, 1912. It is alleged in the affidavit for the writ that within six months after the adjournment of the legislature there was filed in the office -of the secretary of state in the form prescribed by section 106 *399of the Revised Codes, a petition signed by more than five per cent of the legal voters of the state,…