People Ex Rel. Meyer v. Kerner

An original petition for a writ of mandamus has been filed, pursuant to leave, by J. Theodore Meyer and Mary K. Meany, nominees of the Republican Party for the office of Representative in the Illinois General Assembly for the 28th Representative District. The respondents are the members of the State Electoral Board, the County Clerk of Cook County, the members of the Board of Election Commissioners for the city of Chicago, and James E. Murphy, associate judge of the circuit court of Cook County.

On February 27, 1966, 108 days prior to the primary election on June 14, 1966, the Representative…