Halverson v. Miller

OPINION

By the Court,

Hardesty, J.:

On May 5, 2008, petitioner Elizabeth Halverson filed in this court an original petition seeking an extraordinary writ and de*486claratory relief that would prevent the Secretary of State and the Clark County Registrar of Voters from holding an election in 2008 for four judicial positions created by the 2005 Nevada Legislature in Senate Bill (S.B.) 195. According to Halverson, S.B. 195 unconstitutionally created positions for judges with initial terms of two years, when the state constitution requires six-year terms for all district court judges. The judicial…