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Show TWIN FALLS SPECIAL ELECTION PROTESTED TWIN FALI-S. Idaho. April 19. Charging that the special i ilv election. March -S, at which the commission form of government was adopted for Twin Falls "was and is unauthorised by law. illrpal and void," John Kosh-arek Kosh-arek attorney has applied to Judge rW A. Babcock for a writ of prohibition prohibi-tion to prevent the holding of an elei -Hon called for June 6 to elect a board of ommlssloners under the commission commis-sion foi in of government. Judge Babcock set Monday. May 1 .as the d ai for louring arguments for land against Issuance of the writ asked for. P w. Roberts, as mayor of Twin Palls, is made the defendant In the, I SUll instituted by Mr Kosharek. Validity of the election of March 2s Is called in question In this action be- I cause ot alleged Insufficiency of the election petition filed lanuarv 2 It la allege, tint the petition was not signed by qualified electors In a number equal to 25 per cent of the votes cast for all candidates for mayor !lr, I be preceding general cit elec tion as required; that signatures of more than one-half of the list of 240 'Signers of the petition were not actual-ly actual-ly written by the persons named, but b other pei sons that the petition contains 110 names of persons who were not qualified electors, for the reason Hial thej were nOI registered at I li time the petition was filed, and that it contains 134 names of persons who were neither registered nor did jthey vote at the March 28 election. |