BLUMENAUER v. KEISLING

SC S38912.

828 P.2d 1032 (1992)

313 Or. 10

Earl BLUMENAUER, Petitioner, v. Phil KEISLING, Secretary of State, State of Oregon, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Oregon, In Banc.

Decided March 26, 1992.

Reconsideration Denied April 3, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jacob Tanzer, of Ball, Janik & Novack, Portland, argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the petition was Richard H. Allan, Portland.

Richard D. Wasserman, Asst. Atty. Gen., Salem, argued the cause for respondent. With him on the answering memorandum were Charles S. Crookham, Atty. Gen., and Virginia L. Linder, Sol. Gen., Salem.


PETERSON, Justice.

Petitioner is an elector who is dissatisfied with a ballot title prepared by the Attorney General for a proposed initiative measure. ORS 250.085.1

Because our decision turns in part on procedural requirements of the initiative statutes, we first summarize the pertinent statutory provisions. ORS 250.045(1) permits a petitioner to file with the Secretary of State a "prospective [initiative] petition." The Secretary...

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