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JOSE v. MESA

No. 74-2343.

503 F.2d 1048 (1974)

Manuel L. JOSE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Tomas R. MESA, Jr., Executive Director of the Elections Commission, Territory of Guam and the Elections Commission, Territory of Guam, Defendants-Appellees, Joseph M. Borja, Intervenor-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

September 20, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Manuel L. Jose, in pro per.

Jack Rosenzweig (argued), Agana, Guam, for defendants-appellees.

Joseph M. Borja pro per.

Trapp, Gayle, Teker, Weeks, & Friedman, Agana, Guam, for intervenor-appellee.

Before CHOY, Circuit Judge, and PENCE and KING, District Judges.

OPINION

PER CURIAM:

Appellant, a Guam citizen, brought this action against certain Guam election officials challenging the island's primary system for the selection of party candidates for governor and lieutenant governor. Under a statute amended in 1974, § 2933(a) of the Government Code of Guam, a slate of candidates for the top two executive positions need only receive a plurality of the vote in the June primary to be nominated for the November general...

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