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RANSOM v. ROBERTS

SC S36784; SC S36790; SC S36793.

791 P.2d 489 (1990)

309 Or. 654

John S. RANSOM and the American Civil Liberties Union of Oregon, Inc., Petitioners, v. Barbara ROBERTS, Secretary of State, Respondent. Ross M. Shepard, Petitioner, v. BARBARA ROBERTS, Secretary of State, Respondent. Doris D. Kouns, Petitioner, v. Barbara ROBERTS, Secretary of State, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Oregon, In Banc.

Decided April 20, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John S. Ransom, Portland, argued the cause for petitioners, John S. Ransom, The American Civil Liberties Union of Oregon, Inc., and Ross M. Shepard, and filed the petition for John S. Ransom and The American Civil Liberties Union of Oregon, Inc.

Ross M. Shepard, Eugene, pro se.

John A. Bennett, Portland, argued the cause and filed the petition for petitioner Doris D. Kouns.

John A. Reuling, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., argued the cause and filed the answering memoranda for respondent. With him on the memoranda were Dave Frohnmayer, Atty. Gen., and Virginia L. Linder, Sol. Gen.

VAN HOOMISSEN, Justice.

This original proceeding consolidates three challenges to a certified ballot title for a proposed initiative measure to amend Article I of the Oregon Constitution by adding a new section 41. We modify the certified ballot title.

The proposed initiative measure provides:

"Section 41 is added to Article I of the Oregon Constitution: "(1) The purpose of the criminal justice system is to protect the people of Oregon....

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