De Foe v. Board of Election Commissioners

The petition in this case prays for a mandamus to compel the board of election commissioners of Bay City to cause the name of relator to be printed on the ballot labels for use on the voting machines at the April election in said city as the candidate of the National Progressive party for the office of mayor of said city. The facts are not in dispute, and are as follows:

Relator is a resident and elector of said city, and has been actively identified with the National Progressive party since its organization, but prior to February 12,1913, had been enrolled as a member of the Republican party.…