Sizemore/Novick v. Myers

These two ballot title review proceedings have been consolidated for the purposes of oral argument and opinion. These proceedings are brought under ORS 250.085(2) 1 and concern the Attorney General’s certified ballot title for a proposed initiative measure, denominated by the Secretary of State as Initiative Petition 19 (2002). Petitioners are electors who timely submitted written comments to the Secretary of State concerning the content of the Attorney General’s draft ballot title and who therefore are entitled to seek review in this court. See ORS 250.085(2) (stating that requirement). We…