Strickland v. Waymire

OPINION

By the Court,

Pickering, J.:

These consolidated appeals require us to interpret Article 2, Section 9 of the Nevada Constitution, which subjects every public officer in Nevada to recall by special election upon the filing of a qualifying recall petition signed by “not less than twenty-five percent (25%) of the number” of registered voters “who actually voted in the state or in the county, district, or municipality [that the officer] represents, at the election in which [the officer] was elected.” Nev. Const, art. 2, § 9.

The question presented is whose signature counts toward the 25…