NOVICK v. MYERS

(SC S46366; SC S46373)

986 P.2d 1 (1999)

329 Or. 11

Steven NOVICK, Petitioner, v. Hardy MYERS, Attorney General, State of Oregon, Respondent. James Sager and John Chase, Petitioners, v. Hardy Myers, Attorney General, State of Oregon, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Oregon, En Banc.

Decided July 9, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven Novick, Portland, argued the cause and filed the petition in propria persona.

Margaret S. Olney, of Smith, Gamson, Diamond and Olney, Portland, argued the cause and filed the petition for petitioners Sager and Chase.

Douglas F. Zier, Assistant Attorney General, Salem, argued the cause for respondent. Also on the memoranda were Hardy Myers, Attorney General, Michael D. Reynolds, Solicitor General, and Richard D. Wasserman, Assistant Attorney General, Salem.


CARSON, C.J.

In this consolidated proceeding, petitioners challenge the Attorney General's certified ballot title for a proposed initiative measure. Petitioners are electors who submitted timely written comments on the draft ballot title as provided by ORS 250.067(1) and, therefore, are entitled to seek this court's review of the certified ballot title. ORS 250.085(2).

Our task is to determine whether the Attorney General's certified ballot title complies...

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