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LESTER v. BOARD OF ELECTIONS FOR DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Civ. A. No. 3130-70.

319 F.Supp. 505 (1970)

Robert L. LESTER, Inez Lester, C. David Coeyman, Jr., and Elaine Coeyman, Plaintiffs, v. BOARD OF ELECTIONS FOR the DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

November 20, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Valder, and John M. Bray, Washington, D. C., attorneys for plaintiffs.

John H. Suda, Asst. Corporation Counsel, Washington, D. C., for defendants.

Before LEVENTHAL, Circuit Judge, CORCORAN, District Judge, and SMITH, District Judge.

OPINION AND ORDER

CORCORAN, District Judge.

I.

The Election Law of the District of Columbia requires that a person have "resided in the District continuously since the beginning of the one-year period ending on the day of such election" in order to participate in all aspects of the electoral process. 1 D.C.Code § 1102 (2) (a) (1967 ed., as amended by Pub.L. No. 91-405, Sept. 22, 1970).

The plaintiffs have brought this suit as a class...

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