April Forrester

Summary

The court dismissed the original action because amendment 80 did not give it original jurisdiction over challenges to constitutional amendments referred by the General Assembly. The court construed the phrase granting original jurisdiction to determine the sufficiency of proposed constitutional amendments as referring to voter-initiated petitions and amendments, while legislative referrals remain subject to appellate review. The court therefore did not reach the petitioner's challenges to the ballot title, the amendment's contents, or its severability provision.