Judge Lets 'Sneaky Hobbitses' Rewrite of 3-to-5 Ballot Measure Stand

Judge Lets 'Sneaky Hobbitses' Rewrite of 3-to-5 Ballot Measure Stand

Every seat in Division 5 of the Douglas County courthouse was full a half hour before the hearing, leaving a few people sitting on the floor. Many of them spent the spring gathering signatures for the petition the hearing was about. None of the three commissioners, each named as a defendant in the suit, attended. Douglas County District Judge Victoria Klingensmith ruled Friday afternoon that the commissioners’ rewrite of the citizens’ ballot que…