Keep Our Dollars in Independence County and Carol Crosby, Appellants/cross-Appellees v. Tracey Mitchell

Summary

The court held that the circuit court had subject-matter jurisdiction because the appeal from the clerk’s finding of insufficiency was timely under the statutory procedure governing county initiative and referendum petitions, not the ten-day deadline applicable to certifications of sufficiency. It nevertheless dismissed both the appeal and cross-appeal as moot because the election had already occurred and no effective relief remained, declining to reach the constitutional and petition-sufficiency issues. No separate opinions were filed.