Bates / Dahlman v. Rosenblum

These consolidated ballot title review proceedings brought under ORS 250.085(2) concern the Attorney General’s certified ballot title for an initiative that the Secretary of State has denominated as Initiative Petition 44 (2014). Initiative Petition 44, if adopted by the people, would enact statutory provisions to impose certain requirements on food manufacturers and retailers concerning the labeling of genetically engineered foods.

Petitioners are electors who timely submitted written comments to the Secretary of State concerning the Attorney General’s draft ballot title and who therefore are…