CITIZENS COMMITTEE v. DC BD. OF ELECTIONS

No. 04-AA-957.

860 A.2d 813 (2004)

CITIZENS COMMITTEE FOR the D.C. VIDEO LOTTERY TERMINAL INITIATIVE, Petitioner, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA BOARD OF ELECTIONS AND ETHICS, Respondent. Ronald L. DRAKE, et al., Intervenors.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided September 28, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George W. Jones, Jr., with whom Erik S. Jaffe, John Ray, Stephen L. Neal, Jr., and Elise Dang, Washington, DC, were on the brief, for petitioner.

Kenneth J. McGhie, with whom Terri D. Stroud and Rudolph M.D. McGann, Jr., were on the brief, for respondent.

Ronald L. Drake, pro se, filed a brief and argued as intervenor.

Dorothy Brizill and Carol Colbeth, pro se, filed a brief as intervenor.

Arthur B. Spitzer, Washington, DC, filed a brief amicus curiae on behalf of the American Civil Liberties Union of the National Capital Area.

Before FARRELL and RUIZ, Associate Judges, and NEWMAN, Senior Judge.


FARRELL, Associate Judge:

Petitioner, the Citizens Committee for the District of Columbia Video Lottery Terminal Initiative (the Citizens Committee), challenges a decision of the District of Columbia Board of Elections and Ethics (the Board) rejecting proposed Initiative Measure No. 68, entitled "The District of Columbia Video Lottery Terminal Initiative of 2004," on the ground that irregularities in the petition circulation process so "polluted" the signature-gathering...

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