Collins v. State Board of Elections

OPINION

KELLEHER, Justice.

On May 22, 1984, we entered an order in each of the above-entitled certiorari proceedings quashing a decision of the State Board of Elections (board of elections) that in turn sustained the rejection by the Providence Board of Canvassers (canvassers) of declarations of candidacy filed with the canvassers by Edward J. Collins (Collins) and Joseph A. Doorley, Jr. (Doorley). Both Collins and Doorley were seeking to be candidates in a June 12, 1984 primary election that would designate the Democratic Party’s nominee for the office of Mayor of the City of Providence at a…