Rand v. Collins

The respondent, as registrar of voters, has refused to accept and file declarations of candidacy tendered by the petitioners for the offices of auditor, coroner and county clerk, respectively, to be voted on at the election to be held in the city and county of San Francisco on November 3, 1931. Respondent’s refusal was based on his contention that, under the provisions of a new freeholders’ charter adopted by the people of San Francisco on March 26, 1931, ratified by the legislature, and, except in certain particulars, in effect January 8, 1932, (Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 26, Stats.…