Ramcharan-Maharajh v. Gilliland

Leben, J.:

More tiran 4 years after Osage City had authorized contracts to participate in a federal rails-to-trails project, Bisses-samath Ramcharan-Maharajh submitted petitions seeking to put the project before the voters for approval—or disapproval—in a referendum. But referendums are available in Kansas only when specifically authorized by statute, and no statute authorized the referendum Ramcharan sought. The district court therefore properly dismissed Ramcharan’s lawsuit, which sought to force county officials to put the referendum on the ballot.

Factual Background ,

In 2004, the Osage City…