McCoid v. Kulongoski

This is an original proceeding in which petitioner challenges the ballot title for a proposed initiative measure. Petitioner is an elector who, in a timely manner, submitted written comments about the Attorney General’s draft ballot title, pursuant to ORS 250.067(1). Accordingly, petitioner would be entitled to seek a different title in this court, ORS 250.085(2), if his comments survive the scrutiny required by ORS 250.085(6). That statute, which governs the permissible scope of this court’s review of challenged ballot titles, provides:

“When reviewing a title prepared by the Attorney…