Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court June 23, 1964 (Maiewski v. Board of Registrars of Voters of Deerfield)

Whittemore, J.

The petitioner Maiewski sought a writ of mandamus to correct a recount of the ballots cast March 4, 1963, in a contest for the office of selectman of Deerfield in which Maiewski ran as a write in candidate. The board *682of registrars had certified that 445 votes had been cast for the intervener (Lipinski) and that 420 votes had been cast for Maiewski.