Brewer v. Dyer

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• explaining how the criteria were met under sim- ilar circumstances in case involving certification of a state initiative petition
• applying Foster’s holding in allowing pre- election review of a statewide initiative for compliance with separate-vote requirement
• declining to exercise discretion to reach the merits of the moot question “whether the language of a now-expired initiative petition was compliant with Oregon constitutional requirements”
• “An issue is moot if the court’s decision on the matter will no longer have a practical effect on the rights of the parties.”
• so holding as to Secretary of State’s author- ity to conduct pre-election review to ensure compliance with Article XVII, section 1, of the Oregon Constitution
• sim- ilarly concluding that specific challenges to initiative peti- tions are likely to evade judicial review “because election cycles are short and the judicial process can be lengthy”

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