Nugent Ex Rel. Manning v. LaFrance

This is a petition for a writ of mandamus praying that the respondent, in preparing the ballots to be used at the primary on September 28, 1960, be ordered to arrange the names of certain candidates for the third ward Democratic Committee in the city of Cranston on ballot labels according to the statute.

*399The petition was filed on September 16, 1960 and was considered by the court on the same day. After consideration the court was of the opinion that the questions raised involved and affected the application of the general election laws throughout the state and that consequently the public…