Plasse v. La France

Cause came on to be heard upon a petition for writ of certiorari filed by August P. LaFrance, in his capacity as Secretary of State, to review a judgment entered in the Superior Court on October 18, 1972 in a civil action for injunctive relief.

The plaintiffs in that action alleged in substance that the Secretary of State was intending to prepare and deliver to the Board of Elections a ballot for use at the polls on November 7, 1972, in a form which deprived voters of free choice among candidates for the office of town councilmen in the town of Cumberland; that he was also preparing a ballot…