NI v. SLOCUM

No. A128721.

196 Cal.App.4th 1636 (2011)

MICHAEL NI, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. WARREN SLOCUM, as Chief Elections Officer, etc., Defendant and Respondent.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division One.

June 30, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

DLA Piper, Steven G. Churchwell , Stanley J. Panikowski and David Dell for Plaintiff and Appellant.

BuckleySandler and Donna L. Wilson for Electronic Signature and Records Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.

Evans & Page and Corey A. Evans for Citizens in Charge, The Humane Society of the United States and National Taxpayers Union as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.

Antonio Gonzalez for Southwest Voter Registration Education Project as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.

Joe Trippi as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.

Gautam Dutta for Asian American Action Fund as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.

Michael P. Murphy , County Counsel, Brenda B. Carlson , Chief Deputy County Counsel, and David A. Silberman , Deputy County Counsel, for Defendant and Respondent.

Kamala D. Harris , Attorney General, Douglas J. Woods , Acting Assistant Attorney General, Constance L. LeLouis , Assistant Attorney General, and Hiren Patel , Deputy Attorney General, for Secretary of State Debra Bowen as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent.


OPINION

MARGULIES, J.

To qualify an initiative measure for the election ballot, its proponents must submit to county elections officials a petition endorsed by a statutorily specified number of eligible voters. Initiative petition endorsement is ordinarily a pen-and-paper affair. Proponents of a recent initiative to legalize marijuana, however, submitted to respondent Warren Slocum,...

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