Farley V. Healey

TRAYNOR, C.J. Petitioners have obtained the signatures of more than 21,000 electors of the City and County of San Francisco to a petition to place an initiative measure on the ballot urging an immediate ceasefire and American withdrawal from Vietnam. Seeking submission of the measure to the voters at the November 7, 1967, municipal election, petitioners tendered the signatures to the acting registrar of voters.On the advice of the city attorney, the acting registrar refused to determine the sufficiency of the signatures to qualify the measure for the ballot. Petitioners then sought a writ of mandate from the superior court. That court denied relief on August 31, 1967. On September 5, petitioners filed a petition for a writ of mandate in this court to compel the acting registrar of voters and the county clerk to determine the sufficiency of the signatures and to place the measure on the ballot.