PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The Oregon Supreme Court has slightly modified the wording for a pair of ballot measures on a $733 million tax package aimed at corporations and wealthy Oregonians.
The court ruled Friday that a few words should be changed for Measures 66 and 67, headed for a statewide vote on Jan. 26.
The wording had been challenged by a group called Oregonians Against Job-Killing Taxes.
Opponents of the tax package the Legislature approved last summer gathered enough signatures to force a referendum vote in a January special election.
They also went to court with separate lawsuits to challenge the wording and the process used to draft the ballot titles and explanatory statements.
A spokesman for Oregon House Speaker Dave Hunt says the changes are minor — much less than opponents wanted.
