Davies v. District of Columbia Board of Elections & Ethics

FARRELL, Associate Judge:

This expedited petition for review brings before us a challenge to signatures supporting a public initiative and an informal rule employed by the District of Columbia Board of Elections and Ethics (the Board) in counting those signatures. The initiative in question, entitled “The Prohibition of Horse-Drawn Carriages Act of 1990,” 1 would be placed on the ballot in a special election to be held on November 5, 1991. Petitioner is the owner and operator of a horse-drawn carriage business, apparently the only one of its kind still operating in the District. She contends…