Malick v. Athenour

[EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.] OPINION

In this opinion we are called upon to determine the appropriate procedure for a trial court to follow when the proponent of a referendum petition challenges by petition for writ of mandate a determination by a county election department that certain persons who signed the referendum petition did not also print their names in a fashion acceptable to the election department.

Here, the trial court denied the writ, finding that the procedures employed by the…