Kerr v. Bradbury

Article IV, section l(2)(d), of the Oregon Constitution provides that “[a]n initiative petition shall include the fall text of the proposed law or amendment to the Constitution.” In this case, the Secretary of State (secretary) certified an initiative petition for circulation, even though the text of the petition sets out only the wording proposed to be added to existing statutes and does not include the text of the statutes to be amended. Plaintiffs initiated this action for declaratory and injunctive relief, arguing that the initiative petition cannot be certified because it fails to…