Miller v. Davenport

Citations

• 8 Idaho 593
• 70 P. 610
• 1902 Ida. LEXIS 52

Syllabus

<p>Elections — Official Ballot — Duties of County Auditor. — Under the election laws of Idaho, the duties of county auditor in preparing official ballots for county and state elections are purely ministerial, and it is the duty of such auditor to place upon said official ballot the names of candidates for state and judicial district offices made by 'the different political parties, and certified to such auditors by the Secretary of State.</p> <p>Court Auditors — Official Ballot — Prohibition.—The writ of prohibition will not issue to restrain the county auditor of a county from placing upon the official ballot the name of a candidate for district judge, who has been nominated in regular convention of a political party, and whose nomination has been duly certified to the Secretary of State, and by said Secretary of State to such county auditor.</p> <p>(Syllabus by the court.)</p>