DeLuca v. Rhode Island State Board of Elections

We issued a writ of certiorari in this case to review a decision rendered by the Rhode Island State Board of Elections (the Board) concerning the purported resignation of the petitioner, Anthony DeLuca (DeLuca), Councilman and City Council President of the City of Cranston. Other respondents, in addition to the Board, are Cranston’s City Clerk and its Board of Canvassers (Canvassers) .

On Friday, March 25, 1977, DeLuca dictated over the telephone to the Deputy City Clerk of Cranston a letter *61tendering his resignation from the Cranston City Council. The letter, which was addressed to the City…