Walter John Harris v. Joseph L. Donovan

Pursuant to Minn. St. 203.38, petitioner seeks an order requiring the secretary of state to accept his affidavit of candidacy for nomination as Republican representative in Congress for the Eighth Congressional District in the primary election to be held September 8, 1964.

The statutory deadline for the secretary of state’s acceptance of the affidavit was 5 p. m., Tuesday, July 14, 1964. §§ 202.04, subd. 1, and 202.06, subd. 2. On Monday, July 13, 1964, at 11 a. m., petitioner took the affidavit to the main post office at Duluth, Minnesota, for mailing to the secretary of state, and was…