Wayne R. Jortner v. Secretary of State

Summary

The court affirmed the judgment vacating the Secretary of State’s ballot-question wording and remanded for reformulation. It held that the term “quasi-governmental” was not understandable to a reasonable voter reading the question for the first time because it was absent from the proposed legislation, lacked a clear statutory or dictionary meaning, and could create additional ambiguity. The court also reaffirmed that it reviews the Secretary of State’s wording directly and does not itself draft the replacement question.