COLEMAN v. PROSS

Record No. 780619.

246 S.E.2d 613 (1978)

Marshall COLEMAN, Attorney General of Virginia v. Vincent J. PROSS, acting Comptroller of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

July 25, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry M. Massie, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen. (Marshall Coleman, Atty. Gen. of Virginia, on brief), for plaintiff in error.

Andrew J. Brent, Richmond (Lee F. Davis, Jr., Hullihen Williams Moore, Leslie W. Mullins, Christian, Barton, Epps, Brent & Chappell, Richmond, on brief), for defendant in error.

Before I'ANSON, C. J., and CARRICO, HARRISON, COCHRAN, HARMAN, POFF and COMPTON, JJ.


UPON ORIGINAL PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS

COCHRAN, Justice.

Chapter 806 of the 1978 Acts of Assembly (the Act) directed the officers who will conduct the general election required by law to be held on November 7, 1978, to take in that election the sense of the qualified voters upon the ratification or rejection of certain proposed amendments to the Constitution of Virginia. Various duties required of the State Board of Elections in taking the vote on the...

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