Missouri Farm Bureau Federation v. Kirkpatrick

This is mandamus.

According to a stipulation of facts, rela-tors submitted a petition to respondent’s office on July 4, 1980, containing 167,363 signatures supporting placement on the November 4, 1980, ballot of a constitutional *948amendment to limit state and local government spending. On September 2, respondent received 1,377 affidavits from persons within the Sixth Congressional District requesting withdrawal of their signatures. Of these affidavits, respondent accepted 1,178, leaving an insufficient number of signatures to put the question on the November ballot.

On September 5, relators filed…