Mabon v. Kulongoski

*123FADELEY, J.

This ballot title challenge is submitted to the court, without oral argument, on the petition challenging the ballot title, memorandum in opposition, and other material in the record.1 The petitioner participated in the ballot title drafting process and sent the Secretary of State a letter objecting to the initial draft on generally the same grounds as he argues in his petition. Thus, ORS 250.085(6) presents no bar to our consideration of those arguments.

The statutes require the Attorney General to certify a ballot title for a proposed initiative petition. ORS 250.065(3),…