Harrison v. Roberts
California Supreme Court
PETITION for Writ of Mandate to Board of Election Commissioners and Registrar of Voters of the City and County of San Francisco. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. Lane, Ledeman & Lane, and Cameron H. King, for Petitioner. Percy V. Long, James A. Devoto, Devoto & Richardson, and John S. Partridge, for Respondents.
1Opinion of the CourtAngellotti, J.
An application was made to this court for a writ of mandate, requiring defendants, who are the board of election commissioners and the registrar of voters of the city and county of San Francisco, to prepare and cause to be printed upon the ballots to be used at the general election to be held on November 8, 1904, a column with voting squares, whereby the electors may indicate their votes upon certain proposals to amend the charter of said city and county, which, it is claimed, should be voted on at such election.
As it was necessary to immediately act upon the application, the matter was…
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