State Ex Rel. Bellino v. Moore

I. STATEMENT OF CASE

The relator-appellee and cross-appellant, Richard T. Bellino, seeks a declaration that the requirements for signatures of registered voters on petitions to place a measure on a ballot through the initiative process, as contained in Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-1409(1) (Cum. Supp. 1996), are unconstitutionally vague on their face and as applied by the respondent-appeñee and cross-appellant, Scott Moore, Secretary of State of Nebraska. The relator further prays that the secretary be compelled to place a gambling measure on the ballot. The appellants, John W. Blackhawk, Lance Gregory…