The Idaho Supreme Court has rejected most of the legal challenges brought against the ballot titles drafted by Attorney General Raúl Labrador for an initiative that seeks to legalize elective abortion in Idaho.
According to a news release, the High Court affirmed the neutrality and legality of the Attorney General’s drafting, rejecting claims by initiative sponsors that the ballot titles were biased. The Court’s only disagreement with the drafting centered on the 20-word short title, finding that it should have referenced additional features from the 1,226-word initiative text.
In its opinion, the Court acknowledged the difficulty of summarizing such a lengthy and complex initiative in only 20 words, calling it “a challenging task.” Notably, the initiative sponsors’ own proposed title failed to capture the key features the Court considered important.
Attorney General Labrador plans to move swiftly to revise the short title in accordance with the Court’s guidance.
