OLSHAW v. BUCHANAN

No. 26652.

527 P.2d 545 (1974)

Henry John OLSHAW, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Mary Estill BUCHANAN, Secretary of State for the State of Colorado, and the State of Colorado, Respondents-Appellants.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

October 23, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gemma & Lichtenfels, Denver, for petitioner-appellee.

John P. Moore, Atty. Gen., John E. Bush, Deputy Atty. Gen., Louis L. Kelley, First Asst. Atty. Gen., Charles M. Elliott, Asst. Atty. Gen., Denver, for respondents-appellants.


DAY, Justice.

This appeal raises the question of whether petitioner-appellee Henry John Olshaw shall be permitted to appear on the November 5th General Election ballot as an independent candidate for the office of United States Senator.

The sufficiency of his petition was challenged by timely filing of written objections with the Secretary of State by one Tom Petcoff. Deputy Secretary of State Grady conducted a hearing on the objections and rendered an oral...

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