Planned Parenthood of Alaska and Susan Wingrove, Appellants/cross- — Winfree, J., Concurring in Part and Dissenting…

Summary

This separate opinion agrees that the initiative petition summary was inaccurate because it omitted the criminal penalties attached to the proposed regulation of conduct. It would reject the majority's balancing and intent-based framework for deciding whether an initiative with a defective summary may proceed after gathering enough signatures, reasoning that the constitutional and statutory screening standards require a bright-line remedy. The author would bar the initiative from the ballot and require circulation of a new petition with an accurate and impartial summary.