Keyes v. Secretary of State

*613Carr, J.

This proceeding in mandamus was instituted by plaintiff to compel his certification as a candidate for the nomination on the Democratic ticket for the office of lieutenant governor of the State at the primary election held August 2, 1960. The petition for the writ averred that petitions for such nomination had been circulated and filed with the secretary of State, that they were in proper form, that they were signed by a sufficient number of duly qualified and registered electors to require plaintiff’s certification, and that such action had been refused without legal justification.…