Schafer v. Whipple

The district court of Arapahoe county, affirming a ruling *401of the secretary of state, held that the list of nominees for state offices of the Socialist Labor party, represented by the petitioner, was not entitled to be designated by a party emblem or device, because the nominations were not made by a political party, or nominating committee, but by a petition of qualified electors. There is no dispute as to the facts in this proceeding, and the only question is one of law, viz: may a set of nominees, made by a petition of electors, be designated by an emblem ?

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