BELIN v. SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH


362 Mass. 530 (1972)

288 N.E.2d 287

G. D'ANDELOT BELIN & others vs. SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

October 19, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Acheson H. Callaghan, Jr. (Barry R. Furrow & Jeffery Swope with him) for the petitioners.

Walter H. Mayo, III, Assistant Attorney General, for the Secretary of the Commonwealth.

George A. McLaughlin & Edward J. Lonergan, amici curiae, submitted a brief.

Charles H. McGlue was present but did not argue.

Present: TAURO, C.J., REARDON, QUIRICO, BRAUCHER, & KAPLAN, JJ.


REARDON, J.

The petitioners, residents, taxpayers, and duly registered voters in Cambridge, have petitioned for a writ of mandamus. The facts are not in dispute.

Cambridge has a Plan E form of government conformable to G.L.c. 43, §§ 93-116, as amended, and is the only city or town in the Commonwealth where officers are elected by proportional representation or preferential voting. The respondent was in the process of preparing a question contained...

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