Legal Opinion
Barnes v. Wong
California Court of Appeal
Decided March 23, 1995No. A067227PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
ANDERSON, P. J.
Does mandamus lie to compel a registrar of voters to accept for filing a ballot argument that a voter tried to file more than five hours after the widely publicized filing deadline? Invoking, among other things, the public interest in providing voters with a balanced statement of positions on the proposed ballot measure, the superior court concluded it did and commanded Germaine Q. Wong, the Registrar of Voters for the City and County of San Francisco (City), to accept the late filing and include it in the voter information pamphlet. She did; the election has since come…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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