Labor & Farm Party v. Elections Board

On February 13, 1984, the petitioners filed a petition asking this court to exercise its original jurisdiction and, among other things, issue a writ of mandamus requiring the respondents to place the name of William Osborne Hart on the ballot as the Labor and Farm Party’s candidate for the office of president of the United States in the presidential preference election to be held April 3, 1984.

Because we conclude that this matter is publici juris, it is therefore appropriate for us to exercise our original jurisdiction. Furthermore, the statute applied by the respondents to keep Hart’s name…