Kara L. Benca, Petitioner v. Mark Martin

Summary

The dissent would have denied the petition and accepted the master's finding that only 2,087 signatures were disqualified, leaving enough valid signatures for the proposed medical-cannabis initiative to remain on the ballot. It reasoned that the challenger failed to prove which canvassers were actually paid and therefore failed to establish that the challenged signatures were subject to the statutory requirements governing paid canvassers. Justice Goodson, concurring, agreed that the petition must be granted but separately criticized the statutory scheme as unduly burdensome and chilling the initiative right.