People Ex Rel. Bell v. Powell

Petitioner, Robert M. Bell, has been granted leave to file an original petition for mandamus against Paul Powell, Secretary of State, to compel acceptance of certification of petitioner as a candidate for Associate Circuit Judge of the Fourteenth Judicial Circuit.

On August 12, 1966, the chairman of the Rock Island County Republican Central Committee issued a call for a convention to nominate a candidate for the office of Associate Circuit Judge of Rock Island County to be held on August 23, 1966. Following the convention on that day the chairman forwarded a copy of the call of the convention,…