Vlasaty v. Rhode Island State Board of Elections

This is certiorari to review a decision of the State Board of Elections which rejected the petitioner’s challenge to the nominating papers of her opponent in the Democratic Primary for State Representative in the 98th Representative District.

The record indicates that Phyllis June Vlasaty, a candidate in the Democratic Primary for State Representative in the 98th Representative District, filed a petition before the State Board of Elections (the board) on March 15, 1977, challenging the eligibility of Mrs. Jeanne R. O’Rourke to be a candidate in said primary. The board held a public hearing on…