Hurst v. State Ballot Law Commission

This court’s order of July 14, 1998, affirmed the ruling of the State Ballot Law Commission (commission) that the plaintiffs did not comply with the commission’s discovery rule, 801 Code Mass. Regs. § 1.01(8)(f), as modified by 950 Code Mass. Regs. § 59.03(18) (1993), and thus failed to challenge *117with sufficient particularity signatures from Barnstable and Berkshire counties. This opinion states the reasons for that order.

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The plaintiffs originally challenged a decision of the commission to include on the November, 1998, Statewide ballot a referendum to repeal Chapter 164 of the Acts of…