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WEST VIRGINIA LIBERTARIAN PARTY v. MANCHIN

No. 14863.

270 S.E.2d 634 (1980)

WEST VIRGINIA LIBERTARIAN PARTY, 1980 West Virginia Socialist Workers Campaign Committee, Tom Moriarty, and John B. Anderson as Intervenor, Petitioners, v. A. James MANCHIN, Secretary of State, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

September 16, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert M. Bastress and Charles R. DiSalvo, Morgantown, for petitioners.

Ricklin Brown, Bowles, McDavid, Graff & Love, Charleston, William R. Robertson, Elizabeth J. Keefer and Mitchell Rogovin, Washington, D. C., for intervenor Anderson.

Robert S. Baker, Fayetteville, for amicus curiae.

Chauncey H. Browning, Atty. Gen., Larry R. Frail, Asst. Atty. Gen., Charleston, for respondent.

MILLER, Justice:

The petitioners in this original mandamus proceeding-the West Virginia Libertarian Party; the 1980 West Virginia Socialist Workers Campaign Committee; Tom Moriarty, the Socialist Workers' gubernatorial candidate; and John B. Anderson-challenge the constitutionality of various provisions of the West Virginia Code which govern their access to the ballot for the 1980 general election.

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