In Re Bouse

Election contests, unfortunately, frequently come with short external deadlines which make thoughtful appellate legal analysis and research much more difficult. That is the situation in which this mandamus proceeding has been processed. It is my opinion, based upon the issues as presented and argued, and based upon my own research and analysis, that the Court has failed to heed the most important admonition of election law as it relates to an initiative election: In order to protect the people of the city in the exercise of this reserved legislative power, the right to proceed by an…