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METROS v. SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH

396 Mass. 156 (1985)

484 N.E.2d 1015

HELEN METROS & another vs. SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH & others.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

November 6, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark G. Miliotis for the plaintiffs.

Alexander G. Gray, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, for the defendants.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., WILKINS, LIACOS, ABRAMS, & O'CONNOR, JJ.

LIACOS, J.

This case involves a challenge to the Massachusetts election laws that prohibit a person who has been a member of a political party within the preceding ninety days from being listed on the ballot as an "unenrolled," or independent, candidate for election. The plaintiffs are Helen Metros, who wished to be listed on the November, 1984, ballot as an independent candidate for the State Senate, and Gertrude McEleny, a supporter of Metros. The plaintiffs brought...

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