Summit County Clerk Eve Furse doubled down on her decision to reject 30 signature packets supporting the referendum petition to stop Dakota Pacific Real Estate’s mixed-use development in Kimball Junction.

Attorneys representing Furse responded to the citizen-filed lawsuit against her in Third District Court on Monday, defending her choice to invalidate dozens of packets and opposing the petitioner’s motion for summary judgment. The hearing could allow the judge to make a ruling without a full trial if certain facts of the case aren’t disputed; Furse’s court filing says they are.

Before Third District Court Judge Richard Mrazik rules on whether the disassembled signature packets satisfy the binding requirements under state law, Furse asked the court to “answer whether the superseding stat

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