Arapajolu

The petitioners, 15 in number, seek by writ of mandate to compel respondents, county clerk of Monterey County and his deputy in charge of the registration of voters, to qualify them as registered voters of said county.

All of the petitioners reside on military reservations situated within the exterior boundaries of Monterey County, some at Fort Ord, some at the Presidio of Monterey, and the others at Hunter Liggett Military Reservation. Some of the petitioners are civilian employees of the United States Government, some are in the armed forces of the United States, some are spouses of persons in these two classes and one is a civilian with her own mercantile business who is also postmistress of Jolon within the confines of Hunter Liggett Reservation. All of the petitioners have the necessary length of residence to qualify them as voters in Monterey County if residence on a military reservation of the United States within the exterior boundaries of Monterey County is residence within the State of California and the county within the meaning of section 1, article II of the Constitution of California which gives the right to vote to every citizen of the United States over 21 years…