Ziegler v. Dorchester County

JUSTICE HEARN :

**617 This case concerns the validity of a referendum question-passed during the 2016 elections-which granted the Dorchester County Council authority to issue up to $30 million in bonds for library facilities and up to $13 million for recreational facilities. Finding there was no indication the voters did not understand it, the circuit court determined it was not improper. Because the question contained two separate bond proposals and required voters to support both or neither, we hold it was unlawful.

FACTUAL BACKGROUND

On July 18, 2016, the Dorchester County Council passed an…