Hunnicutt v. Myers

Summary

The Oregon Supreme Court reviewed a challenge to the Attorney General's certified ballot title for Initiative Petition 116 (2002). The court rejected the petitioners' arguments and certified a ballot title concerning constitutional compensation rights for government takings and deletion of text added by a 2000 measure.

Holdings

1. The Attorney General's certified ballot title substantially complied with ORS 250.035(2), and petitioners' challenges were not well taken.
2. The court corrected the certified ballot title's apparent typographical use of "as" to "at."

Questions Presented

1. Whether the Attorney General's certified ballot title substantially complied with ORS 250.035(2).
2. Whether the certified ballot title required correction of a typographical error using the word "as" instead of "at."

Disposition

approved