Wyman v. Durkin

This petition brought by the plaintiff Wyman, the Republican candidate for the office of United States Senator at the November 5, 1974 election, against the defendant Durkin, the Democratic candidate for the same office, seeks a writ of certiorari directed to the State ballot law commission requiring it to certify the circumstances of the adoption by it of a certain rule or rules with respect to write-in votes on voting machines and other matters relating thereto; and if the rule is found by the commission to have no application to the pending contest the petition seeks a writ of prohibition,…