Sheridan has been hit with a lawsuit over its rejection of petition signatures connected to a long-running effort to get a measure on the ballot .
The lawsuit was filed in Arapahoe County District Court by two Sheridan residents Wednesday. It names Mayor Dallas Hall, City Manager Devin Granbery and Clerk Arlene Sagee as defendants.
The lawsuit states that petition circulators “substantially complied” with Colorado election law in gathering and submitting petitions and that the, leaving the petitioners four signatures short of the necessary number to move the measure forward.
The plaintiffs claim that Sheridan’s rejection of the petition resulted in more than 400 voters in the city being “disenfranchised and their voices … silenced.”
The lawsuit asks that a judge order the clerk to reverse her decision and “issue a petition sufficiency letter” regarding the effort opposing photo radar and red-light cameras.
Granbery declined to comment on the lawsuit, saying he hadn’t had a chance to see it yet.
