Appellants attempt to posit the existence of federal jurisdiction on the theory that the board of education of the appellee-school district has diluted appellants' legal votes by counting illegally cast votes and that such (state) action amounts to a deprivation of appellants' civil rights. According to appellants, the complaint alleges facts actionable under the provisions of
42 U.S.C. § 1983, with federal jurisdiction resting either upon
28 U.S.C. § 1343, the jurisdictional counterpart to
§ 1983, or upon
28 U.S.C. § 1331, which authorizes federal jurisdiction for civil actions of a requisite amount arising under the Constitution, laws, or treaties of the United States.