POCATELLO — The suit filed by Ralph Lillig against Bannock County Clerk Robert Poleki and several volunteers involved in counting the votes during the May primary election was dismissed on Monday.

    Poleki, against whom the suit was filed in his role as county clerk, said the dismissal of the case, which was in front of Sixth District Judge David Nye, was agreed upon by all parties.

    Lillig, who had requested substantial election information from the May primary, filed the suit as part of his rights when concerned that the information wasn’t being provided in a timely manner.

    Not a traditional suit seeking funds, rather it sought to have a district judge intervene and force the county to turn the information over in a more timely manner.

    Ian Service, Bannock County’s chief civil attorney, said at the time the suit was filed that Lillig was getting the information as quickly as it became public record, but that it was the process of getting that information certified by the Idaho Secretary of State’s office that took so much time.

    Until it was certified by the Idaho Secretary of State’s office, it was not public record, Service told the Journal in June.

    Lillig had sought the information in making a decision as to whether a recount of Pocatello’s Proposition 1 should be requested.

    The 20 days to make that decision came well before all the information Lillig requested became available.

    He did request that recount and it was conducted on June 27.

    Proposition 1 sought to repeal Pocatello’s so-called LGBT ordinance, which provides specific anti-discrimination protections for Pocatello’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender population.

    The repeal effort failed by just 80 votes.

    Although support for repealing the ordinance did pick up a few votes in the recount, it was not substantial enough to overturn the new ordinance.