petition, the Cook County Officers Electoral Board ('the Electoral Board'), was also named a defendant in the original action,3 as were the Democratic Organization of Cook County; the Democratic County Central Committee; Richard Daley, mayor of Chicago; the City of Chicago; and the County of Cook.  None of the last-named defendants, including the Electoral Board, are parties to the amended complaint which is the subject of the present appeal.  Both the original and amended complaints allege the violation of First, Fifth and Fourteenth Amendment rights, and jurisdiction is invoked under 28 U.S.C. 1331 and 1343, 28 U.S.C. 2201, 2202, and 42 U.S.C. 1983 and 1985.


3
Even though the amended complaint seeks relief only in futuro, a review of the facts which gave rise to the original actionBoard is required to initiate hearings between three and five days after receipt of the objector's petition.  Ch. 46, 10-10.  Among the Board's powers is the authority to issue subpoenas duces tecum for production of documentary evidence relevant to the Board's inquiry.  Id.


5
The nominating petition of Raymond Berg for the office of Cook County State's Attorney was filed with defendant Barrett at 3:00 p.m. on December 20, 1971, which was the final day for filing such petitions.  The Berg petition contained approximately 20,000 signatures which, according to plaintiffs' brief, 'were reportedly gathered in less than four hours with the assistance of county and city employees signing and circulating the petitions when they were supposed to be at their jobs.'  Allegations of forgeries and