Crew/Garcia v. Myers

This ballot title review proceeding is before us for a second time. In its first iteration, Crew / Garcia v. Myers, 336 Or 535, 87 P3d 656 (2004), we held that the Attorney General’s certified ballot title for a proposed initiative measure, denominated by the Secretary of State as Initiative Petition 128 (2004), failed in several respects to comply substantially with the requirements of ORS 250.035(2). Pursuant to ORS 250.085(8), we referred the ballot title to the Attorney General for modification.

Our original decision in this case issued on April 2, 2004. By statute, the Attorney General…