Bogert v. Kinzer

I dissent. It is my opinion that the “one man, one vote” principle of the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution should be applied to a case of this nature where there is an alleged debasement of the vote in a municipal election on a general obligation bond which requires a % majority vote for passage. . The United States Supreme Court recently held that the Equal Protection Clause applies to municipal elections on revenue bonds. Cipriano v. City of Houma, 395 U.S. 701, 89 S.Ct. 1897, 23 L.Ed.2d 647 (1969). It is true that Cipriano involved the…