Colton v. Eighth Judicial District Court

OPINION

By the Court,

Gunderson, C. J.:

The two matters before us, consolidated for argument and decision, address the same questions, to-wit: whether NRS *429244.017, which our Legislature adopted in 1971, violates Sections 20 and 21 of Article IV, of Nevada’s Constitution, because that statute expressly endeavors to govern elections solely in Clark County;1 and (2) if so, whether under other *430proper and prevailing law the Registrar of Voters is obligated to conduct an election in Clark County, in which all qualified persons may seek the office of county commissioner. Both questions must be…