Loonan v. Woodley

Appellees Loonan, Allen-Davis, Rudnick and McGregor brought this action to challenge the sufficiency of initiative petitions circulated by appellants Woodley and Miller 1 that would require parental notification of an unemancipated minor’s decision to have an abortion. Appellees’ sole contention is that the appellants collected an insufficient number of valid signatures to include the initiative on the November 1994 ballot because the circulators’ affidavits did not include the statement that the circulator “has read and understands the laws governing the circulation of petitions” as required…