Certification of Charles Paullin as mayor of Trenton appeared today to hinge on the constitutionality of a recent state law eliminating write-in votes. Paullin claims to have received 147 votes, Tuesday while only 127 votes were marked for the printed name of incumbent Harry Stretcher. Attorney Fred Ross today was to file a petition asking the court of common pleas to force the Board of Elections to count the votes. The petition stated the board had "failed to perform a specific duty which is imposed upon them according to the law." The statute covering non-partisan elections allows no space on the ballot for write-ins. It does not say what the board should do if a candidate’s name is penciled in anyway...

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