Driver card referendum: Oregon Supreme Court rules on ballot title fight

Article author: 
Yuxing Zheng
Article publisher: 
OregonLive.com
Article date: 
Thursday, April 3, 2014
Article category: 
Oregon Issues
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The Oregon Supreme Court has certified a ballot title for the driver card referendum on the November ballot that includes a controversial reference to "legal presence."

The title will read: Provides Oregon resident "driver card" without requiring proof of legal presence in the United States.

...The titles are sometimes the only thing voters will read about a measure...

Supporters unsuccessfully pursued a legislative rewrite of the ballot title...

In its April 1 decision, the Oregon Supreme Court certified the ballot title written by Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum.