State ex rel. Kaspar v. Lehmkuhl

This is an application by Joseph F. Kaspar, relator, for a peremptory writ of mandamus commanding Frank Lehmkuhl, as county clerk of Saunders county, respondent, to include in the printed forms of ballots for the election to be held November 6, 1934, party circles in which any elector may vote a straight party ticket by making a cross in a circle.

Relator is a candidate for state senator and is also an *814elector who desires to vote a straight party ticket by making a cross in the party circle. His demand for the writ is based on the ground that the legislative act of 1983, purporting to abolish…