Legal Opinion
Allyn v. Allison
California Court of Appeal
Decided October 2, 1973No. Civ. 41187PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
COMPTON, J.
Elections Code section 310 which prescribes the contents of the voters affidavit of registration requires, among other things, that “The given name of a woman shall be preceded in all cases by the designation Miss or Mrs.”
Appellants, both women, each executed an affidavit of registration on which they inserted before their names the designation Ms. which denotes the sex but not the marital status of a female. The Los Angeles County Registrar of Voters refused to accept and process the registrations. Pursuant to Elections Code section 3501 appellants petitioned the Superior…
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