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4,568 REG. VOTERS, WORCESTER v. CT. CLERK OF WORCESTER

392 Mass. 424 (1984)

465 N.E.2d 1209

FOUR THOUSAND, FIVE HUNDRED SIXTY-EIGHT REGISTERED VOTERS OF WORCESTER vs. CITY CLERK OF WORCESTER & others.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Worcester.

July 5, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James F. Bergin, Assistant City Solicitor, for the defendants.

Burton A. Nadler for the plaintiffs.

David E. Sullivan, for the Secretary of the Commonwealth, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: WILKINS, ABRAMS, NOLAN, & O'CONNOR, JJ.

NOLAN, J.

This action arises from a dispute concerning a petition for charter revision in the city of Worcester.3 Stipulated facts reflect that in July, 1983, a petition for charter review containing 15,327 signatures was submitted to the registrars of voters (registrars). The number of signatures required for inclusion on the November, 1983, ballot was 11,982. The registrars failed to certify...

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