ALLYN v. ALLISON

Docket No. 41187.

34 Cal.App.3d 448 (1973)

110 Cal. Rptr. 77

NANCY W. ALLYN et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. JAMES ALLISON, as Registrar of Voters, etc., Defendant and Respondent.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Two.

October 2, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

David A. Binder, Paul Bergman, Paul Boland, Bruce Fisher, Rosalyn M. Chapman, Robert Mann, Carole Goldberg and Barbara Moore for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

John D. Maharg and John H. Larson, County Counsel, Edward H. Gaylord and Joe Ben Hudgens, Deputy County Counsel, for Defendant and Respondent.


OPINION

COMPTON, J.

Elections Code section 310 which prescribes the contents of the voters affidavit of registration requires, among other things, that "The given name of a woman shall be preceded in all cases by the designation Miss or Mrs."

Appellants, both women, each executed an affidavit of registration on which they inserted before their names the designation Ms. which denotes the sex but not the marital status of a...

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