City of Kansas City, Missouri v. Kansas City Board of Election Commissioners, Rev. Samuel E. Mann

The City of Kansas City (the “City”) filed this action seeking to have the trial court order the Kansas City Board of Election Commissioners and other local election authorities serving the City (collectively, the “Local Election Authorities”) to remove from the November 3, 2015, ballot a proposed ordinance establishing a minimum wage for Kansas City. The City claims that the ordinance—if enacted— would contradict a state statute. Reverend Samuel Mann and other individuals (collectively, the “Committee”) had proposed this ordinance using the initiative petition provisions of the Kansas City…