In re the Proposed Initiated Constitutional Amendment Concerning Unsafe Workplace Environment

This review proceeding was initiated by petitioners, Margaret W. Carpenter, Thomas Lew Jackson, and Maureen A. Sullivan, to challenge the title, ballot title and submission clause, and summary prepared by the Title Setting Board (Board)1 on the initiative for a constitutional amendment concerning liability for knowing maintenance of an unsafe workplace.2 Petitioners assert that the title, ballot title and submission clause, and summary are vague, misleading and fail to express the true meaning and intent of the proposed initiative. Petitioners Jackson and Carpenter further assert that upon…