Sullivan v. Secretary of the Commonwealth
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Petition, filed on July 30, 1919, by ten qualified voters for a writ of mandamus addressed to the Secretary of the Commonwealth, commanding him to provide the petitioners with blanks for the use of subsequent signers of a petition, filed with the respondent under the provisions of art. 48 of the Amendments to the Constitution, asking for a referendum on a joint resolution of the General Court ratifying the proposed amendment to the Constitution of the United States extending…
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Petition, filed on July 30, 1919, by ten qualified voters for a writ of mandamus addressed to the Secretary of the Commonwealth, commanding him to provide the petitioners with blanks for the use of subsequent signers of a petition, filed with the respondent under the provisions of art. 48 of the Amendments to the Constitution, asking for a referendum on a joint resolution of the General Court ratifying the proposed amendment to the Constitution of the United States extending the right of suffrage to women. The following stipulation, signed by the attorney for the petitioners and by the…
1Opinion of the CourtRugg, C. J.
This is a petition for a writ of mandamus to compel the Secretary of the Commonwealth to furnish to the petitioners the blanks which he appears to be required to furnish by art. 48 of the Amendments to the Constitution in case of a referendum petition, and otherwise to recognize rights claimed to exist by that amendment. The purpose of the proceeding is to secure a referendum on the joint resolution of the General Court ratifying an amendment to the Federal Constitution which extends the right of suffrage to women. The respondent refused to act as requested, on the ground that the joint…
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