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PEOPLE EX REL. BELL v. POWELL

No. 40174.

35 Ill.2d 381 (1966)

221 N.E.2d 272

THE PEOPLE ex rel. Robert M. Bell, Petitioner, v. PAUL POWELL, Secretary of State, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Filed October 11, 1966..

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

EAGLE & EAGLE, of Rock Island, for petitioner.

WILLIAM G. CLARK, Attorney General, of Springfield, (JOHN J. O'TOOLE and RICHARD A. MICHAEL, Assistant Attorneys General, of counsel,) for respondent.

Writ awarded.

Mr. JUSTICE HOUSE delivered the opinion of the court:

Petitioner, Robert M. Bell, has been granted leave to file an original petition for mandamus against Paul Powell, Secretary of State, to compel acceptance of certification of petitioner as a candidate for Associate Circuit Judge of the Fourteenth Judicial Circuit.

On August 12, 1966, the chairman of the Rock Island County Republican Central Committee issued a call for a convention...

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