Shroyer v. Sokol

This appeal is from a ruling of the district court that certain statutory provisions regarding requirements for recall petitions of county officers are repugnant to the constitution of this state. We affirm.

The following facts were presented by stipulation to the trial court: Plaintiff-appellee, Hal Shroyer, filed petitions for the recall of Allan McKnight, Adams County Treasurer, in the office of the Adams County Clerk and Recorder (Sokol, the appellant). Sokol thereafter ruled that the petitions were deficient in that they did not contain signatures of 40 percent of the votes cast for the…