Craig v. Bond

Petitioners as members and officers of the Socialist party of the state of Oklahoma seek, in this original action, a writ of mandamus to compel the respondents who constitute the State Election Board to place their names upon the state ballot for the November, 1932, general election, as candidates of the Socialist party for presidential and vice presidential electors.

The parties agree that petitioners are legal voters of the state of Oklahoma; that the Socialist party was not a participant in the last primary election held within this state as the said party within (this state did not then…