McClure v. Secretary of the Commonwealth

This is another dispute arising out of legislative redistricting for the 2002 general election. See Mayor of Cambridge v. Secretary of the Commonwealth, ante 476, 477 (2002). In addition to declaratory and injunctive relief, the plaintiffs, registered voters living in various precincts of the town of Chelmsford, seek relief in the nature of mandamus against the defendant, Secretary of the Commonwealth, that would invalidate the 2001 redistricting plan for the 160 representative districts of the House of Representatives. The plaintiffs maintain that St. 2001, c. 125, § 1 (the redistricting…