Caruthers v. Kroger

This ballot title review proceeding involving the ballot title for Initiative Petition 43 (2010) is before us for a second time. In the first iteration, Caruthers v. Kroger, 347 Or 660, 227 P3d 723 (2010), this court held that the Attorney General’s certified ballot title was deficient in each of its parts — -the caption, the “yes” and “no” result statements, and the summary. We referred the matter back to the Attorney General to prepare a modified ballot title. Id. at 671. See ORS 250.085(8) (providing for that procedure).

In response to our referral, the Attorney General prepared and…