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LARSON v. HAZELTINE

No. 19748.

552 N.W.2d 830 (1996)

1996 SD 100

Gerald R. LARSON, Petitioner and Appellant, v. Joyce HAZELTINE, in her official capacity as Secretary of State for the State of South Dakota, Defendant and Appellee.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided August 8, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul S. Swedlund of Gunderson, Palmer, Goodsell & Nelson, LLP, Rapid City, for petitioner and appellant.

Mark Barnett, Attorney General, Sherri Sundem Wald, Assistant Attorney General, Pierre, for respondent and appellee.

PER CURIAM.

[¶ 1] Gerald Larson (Larson) appeals from an order quashing an alternative writ of mandamus and denying a peremptory writ of mandamus. We reverse.

FACTS

[¶ 2] Larson is a proponent of an initiative drive which would require an election ballot to reflect a candidate's position on term limits (hereinafter referred to as "Initiative"). On May 6, 1996 a total of 999 petition sheets in support of the Initiative were received by the...

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