McCormick v. Kroger/Devlin

Petitioners have filed separate petitions in this court seeking review of the ballot title and of the explanatory statement for Referendum 301 (2010), which the Secretary of State has denominated as Ballot Measure 66. 1 We consolidate the petitions for purposes of this opinion.

Ballot Measure 66 results from a referendum of House Bill (HB) 2649 (2009), which increased certain personal income taxes effective for the 2009 tax year to raise revenue that the legislature budgeted for education, human services, public safety, and other public services. Or Laws 2009, ch 714. Because of the…