Edwards v. Flint City Clerk

By this action, plaintiff challenges the right of defendant Hendon (Flint city clerk) to conduct a door-to-door registration of electors in Flint by the use of a group of volunteer assistants. On January 15, 1968, at the conclusion of a hearing on an order to show cause issued on the filing of plaintiff’s complaint, the trial court by oral opinion held as follows:

1. The appointment of volunteers as assistant clerks is illegal and any registrations taken by them are null and void.

2. Door-to-door registration is illegal.

3. Such registration is enjoined permanently and the clerk is ordered not…