State v. Pechilis

The issues to be decided in this case arise out of two actions brought, by permission, in the original jurisdiction of this Court by the State on the relation of Governor Richard W. Riley and Attorney General Daniel R. McLeod to determine the constitutionality of requirements that those seeking the nomination for the office of magistrate participate in advisory elections. The complaints have been treated as one action for the purpose of presentation and disposition of the issues.

While the State challenges on several grounds the use of advisory elections to determine nominees for the office of…