Ballasiotes v. Gardner

The Committee Against Punch Card Election sought to compel the prosecuting attorney for Pierce County to ballot title a referendum on Pierce County Ordinance 81-21, passed by the Pierce County Council on July 7, 1981. Their cause was dismissed by the trial court and this appeal followed. Ordinance 81-211 authorized a con*193version in the county voting system from the existing lever machine voting equipment to a punch card voting/computer tallying system. The Council, in an effort to implement such ordinance, authorized an appropriation of $750,000 to cover the cost of acquiring the punch card…