Nesbitt v. Myers

This ballot title review proceeding brought under ORS 250.085(2) concerns the Attorney General’s certified ballot title for a proposed initiative measure that the Secretary of State has denominated as Initiative Petition 22 (2004). The proposed measure, if adopted, would amend the Oregon Constitution by adding a section forbidding use “for a political purpose,” as the proposed measure defines that phrase, of money deducted from an employee’s paycheck, unless the employee consents to such use annually and in writing. The proposed measure contains definitions of certain of its terms, prescribes…