States' Rights Democratic Party v. North Carolina State Board of Elections

The petitioners here seek, by writ of cer-tiorari, to review, as upon appeal, the action of the State Board of Elections in denying to their nominees for President and Vice-President a place on the official ballot to be used in the general election on 2 November, 1948; and, by writ of mandamus, to compel the defendant to comply with the prayer of their petition.

The Board of Elections denied the privilege sought on the ground that the petitioners had not complied “with the law and rules and regulations adopted by the State Board of Elections” for all petitioners desiring to form a new…