PEOPLE EX REL. SPENCE v. CARPENTIER

No. 38311.

30 Ill.2d 43 (1964)

195 N.E.2d 690

THE PEOPLE ex rel. John W. Spence et al., Petitioners, v. CHARLES F. CARPENTIER, Secretary of State, et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied January 16, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

JAMES B. WHAM, of Centralia, for petitioners.

WILLIAM G. CLARK, Attorney General, of Springfield, and DON H. REUBEN, of Chicago, (WILLIAM C. WINES, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel,) for respondents.


Writ denied.

Mr. CHIEF JUSTICE KLINGBIEL delivered the opinion of the court:

Pursuant to leave heretofore granted by this court, two citizen-taxpayers of Illinois filed an original petition for mandamus against the Secretary of State and members of the State Electoral Board. The petition is concerned with the respondents' duties in connection with the forthcoming 1964 election of representatives to the General Assembly, and it prays that in performing...

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