Court Opinion

ID: 9550487
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-07 18:35:51.750907+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T15:21:38.110688
License: Public Domain

Finley, J.
(concurring in the result) — The meaning of the pertinent constitutional language is ambiguous. This is clearly borne out in the briefs prepared and filed and in *748the oral arguments, made by counsel for the parties to this action. In other words, respectable, orthodox and convincing legal and practical arguments may be, and have been, advanced in support of each side of this controversy. There is no point in writing a lengthy opinion elaborating on the foregoing. If there ever was a case which the court could easily decide one way or the other, and a case which consequently poses a policy decision for the court, this is it.
There has been much emphasis upon the importance and desirability of all citizens registering and voting in order to facilitate democratic management of the affairs of government by the electorate at all levels of government. The requirement of registration as a qualification for candidacy for the legislature imposes no serious burden upon any citizen who may aspire to such public office. For the reasons indicated, and with the forthright acknowledgment that the decision is a policy one, I agree with the majority opinion that the trial court should be affirmed.