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WILLIAMS v. VIRGINIA STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS

Civ. A. No. 4768-A.

288 F.Supp. 622 (1968)

J. Harvie WILLIAMS et al., Plaintiffs, v. VIRGINIA STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS, etc., et al., Defendants.

United States District Court E. D. Virginia, at Alexandria.

July 16, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard S. Spering, Washington, D. C., Robert L. Montague, III, Alexandria, Va., for plaintiffs.

Robert Y. Button, Atty. Gen. of Virginia, Richmond, Va., Robert D. McIlwaine, III, Richard N. Harris, Asst. Attys. Gen. of Virginia, Richmond, Va., for defendants.

Before BRYAN, Circuit Judge, and LEWIS and MERHIGE, District Judges.

ALBERT V. BRYAN, Circuit Judge:

Presidential electors provided for in Article II of the Constitution of the United States cannot be selected, plaintiffs charge, by a statewide general election as directed by the Virginia statute.1 Under it all of the State's electors are collectively chosen in the Presidential election by the greatest number of votes cast throughout the entire State, instead of choosing them by Congressional districts...

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