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BRIZILL v. DC BD. OF ELECTIONS AND ETHICS

No. 06-CV-686.

911 A.2d 1212 (2006)

Dorothy BRIZILL, et al., Appellants, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA BOARD OF ELECTIONS AND ETHICS, Appellee, and Barry Jerrels and Citizens for the VLT Initiative of 2006, Intervenors.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided November 22, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dorothy Brizill, pro se, with whom Thelma Jones and Anthony Muhammad, were on the brief, pro se, for appellants.

Terri D. Stroud, Staff Attorney, with whom Kenneth J. McGhie, General Counsel, was on the brief, for appellee.

Jeffrey D. Robinson, with whom Duane K. Thompson, Sarah L. Knapp, Washington, DC, and Deborah Deitsch-Perez, Dallas, TX, were on the brief, for intervenors.

Before KRAMER and FISHER, Associate Judges, and NEWMAN, Senior Judge.

FISHER, Associate Judge.

Appellants Brizill, Jones, and Muhammad sued the District of Columbia Board of Elections and Ethics (the "Board") in the Superior Court, asserting that the Video Lottery Terminal Gambling Initiative of 2006 is not a proper subject of initiative. Concluding that approval of the VLT Gambling Initiative would exceed the legislative powers granted to the District and its citizens by the Home Rule Act, we agree with appellants.

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