Election Commission v. McNichols

On May 13, 1977, this court reversed the judgment of the district court which had ordered that an initiated amendment to the Charter of the City and County of Denver be removed from the May 17 school board election ballot. The suit had been brought by William McNichols, Jr., as Mayor of Denver, against the Election Commission which had found that the initiated petition met all the requirements for placement on the ballot. Due to the imminence of that election only a brief order could be released at that time, and we now issue a full opinion in this matter.

Article XX, section 5, of the…