Case Name: HERRON, Petitioner, v. PAULUS, Respondent
Court: Oregon Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Oregon
Decision Date: 1984-01-24
Citations: 296 Or. 344
Docket Number: SC S30153
Parties: HERRON, Petitioner, v. PAULUS, Respondent.
Judges: PER CURIAM
Reporter: Oregon Reports
Volume: 296
Pages: 344–346

Head Matter:
Argued and submitted January 10,
ballot title certified as modified January 24, 1984
HERRON, Petitioner, v. PAULUS, Respondent.
(SC S30153)
675 P2d 484
Emily Simon, Lake Oswego, argued for Amendment of Criminal Code for petitioner. Leland R. Berger, Portland, argued for Constitutional Amendment for petitioner. On the petition were Emily Simon, Lake Oswego, Kenneth Lerner and Leland Berger, Portland.
John D. Reuling, Jr., Special Counsel to the Attorney General, Salem, argued the cause for respondent. With him on the Memorandum in Answer to Petition to Review Ballot Title were Dave Frohnmayer, Attorney General, and James E. Mountain, Jr., Solicitor General, Salem.
PER CURIAM

Opinion:
PER CURIAM
This petition concerns the same ballot title as we examined in Wells v. Paulus, 296 Or 338, 675 P2d 482 (1984). Petitioner asserts that the original ballot title is not a concise and impartial statement of the chief purpose of the measure and that the phrase "makes other changes" standing alone at the end of the explanation is insufficient to inform voters of the broad sweep of the initiative. We agree with petitioner that the caption and question must alert voters to the breadth of the proposed changes. We also agree that the explanation must inform voters that it is incomplete.
Ballot title certified as modified in Wells v. Paulus, supra.