Lombard v. Paulus

Petitioner has filed a petition which asserts that a ballot title prepared by the Attorney General is insufficient and unfair. ORS 250.085(1); ORS 250.065(3). He requests that the court certify a revised ballot title to the Secretary of State. ORS 250.085(3).

We have carefully considered each contention advanced by the petitioner. The petitioner’s claims are seriously made and well presented. Some of the changes suggested by the petitioner would make a better ballot title; but that is not the threshold question. The question is whether the ballot title, as written, is insufficient or unfair.…