Weisenberg v. Dodd

Petitioner is a candidate in the Democratic Party primary to be held on June 4,1973, for nomination for one of the five public offices of City Councilman of the City of Long Beach, to be filled at the general election in November. He properly filed a designating petition which contained his name alone, with no other candidates for any public office or party position. The respondents, Becker, Neuman, Weill, MacMurray and Batían, properly filed one petition containing all of their names designated for the same public office. Thus, in the forthcoming primary there are six candidates for the five…