Ettinger v. Studevent Hole v. Dice

These two cases, consolidated for the purpose of oral argument, involve the validity of what is popularly known as the 1941 “Skip Election Law,” ch. 86, Acts 1941, § 29-1813, et seq., Burns’ 1933 (Supp.), § 11641-1, et seq., Baldwin’s Supp. 1941. While the two trial judges reached different conclusions, the arguments are interrelated and one opinion will suffice for both cases.

Prior to 1933 all city elections were held every four years in the year following presidential elections. Chapter 173, Acts 1933, deferred the time of elections to the second year after the presidential election when…