Vince Leach v. Katie Hobbs

Summary

The court affirmed the disqualification of the initiative from the November 2020 ballot because petition signatures gathered by subpoenaed circulators who failed to appear were properly invalidated. It held that a circulator registered when signatures were gathered cannot avoid the statutory duty to respond to a subpoena by later cancelling the registration, and that the subpoenas were properly served with adequate notice. The court declined to address the initiative summary and the challengers’ cross-appeal because the signature ruling independently resolved ballot eligibility.