State ex rel. Eastham v. Dewey

The writ was allowed in this case over my objections, and I cannot agree to the conclusions announced in the majority opinion.

1. My associates hold that the provision of our Australian ballot law, which says: “Whenever any person nominated for public office, as in this act provided, shall at least twelve (12) days before the day of election * * * notify the officer' with whom the original certificate of his nomination was filed, in writing, signed by him, and duly *403acknowledged, that he declines such nomination, the same shall be void, and his name shall not be printed upon the ballots,” is…