Reply #9: CA: Pro-Term Limits Group Claims Ballot Summary Misleading [View All]

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Pro-term limits group claims ballot summary misleading
By STEVE LAWRENCE Associated Press Writer
Article Launched: 05/02/2007 05:51:06 PM PDT

SACRAMENTO- A pro-term limits group accused the attorney general Wednesday of drafting a misleading title and summary for a term limits initiative, contending it was "largely hypothetical" that the proposed ballot measure would reduce lawmakers' time in office.

U.S. Term Limits filed a lawsuit in Sacramento County Superior Court seeking an order directing Attorney General Jerry Brown to amend the title and summary, which appear on petitions and, if the proposal makes the ballot, in voter pamphlets.

"Attorney General Jerry Brown has shown contempt for California voters and for California election law and the initiative process by producing a title and summary ... that is intentionally inaccurate and misleading by promoting the fraud that this initiative will result in a reduction in terms," Jeremy Johnson, director of state government affairs for U.S. Term Limits, said during a news conference.

The initiative's supporters and a spokesman for Brown, David Kravets, said the title and summary were accurate.

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