McDonald v. Key

CHANDLER, District Judge.

The sole question for determination is whether the placing of the word “Negro” in parenthesis after a candidate’s name on an Oklahoma primary ballot as required by State statute deprives the candidate of the equal protection of the laws or of any rights, privileges or immunities secured to him by the Constitution and laws of the United States.

Material and relevant parts of the Constitution and laws of the State of Oklahoma are:

26 O.S.A. § 162 (in part).

“ * * * Any qualified elector, * * *, shall have his name printed on the official ballot * * *, upon filing with the…