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"Did Oregon’s Supreme Court correctly interpret voters’ intent?"
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KGW NewsMedia URL:
https://www.kgw.com/article/news/politics/elections/oregon-supreme-court-upholds-measure-113-disqualifies-republicans-senators/283-4e52616d-e8aa-4dc5-bf5c-56ca8f773c0bDate:
2024/02/01Summary:
Oregon’s Supreme Court ruled on ambiguous language in a measure passed by voters that bars some state legislators from seeking re-election. The ruling has implications for all voter-approved ballot measures. Lewis & Clark Professor Tung Yin explains that the court’s decision adds more legal weight to Oregon ballot titles and to the language that appears in the Oregon voters’ pamphlet. “The idea that you might look outside the actual language [of the ballot measure] is not controversial, some justices support that,” Yin said. “It’s probably a pretty good argument to say the voters weren’t tricked” if they rely on the explanation of a ballot measure rather than the technical language in the measure itself.
