State ex rel. Smith v. Hitt

*752By initiative petition, the voters of Douglas County enacted a county ordinance that limits the number of consecutive terms that Douglas County commissioners are permitted to serve. Morgan, an incumbent Douglas County commissioner, sought re-election despite being disqualified from re-election by the ordinance. Relators, who include Morgan and other Douglas County voters, petitioned the circuit court for a writ of mandamus to require defendant, the Douglas County clerk, to place Morgan on the ballot for the May 2016 primary election. Parker, the chief petitioner for the initiative measure,…