The form of initiative on the petitions and the form now heading to the ballot differ. Ted Costa is unconcerned.
Conservative activist and initiative proponent Ted Costa, chief executive of People's Advocate, said he found out about the different drafts a month ago and now predicts that someone will use the discrepancy to challenge the initiative in court.Posted by Justene Adamec at July 6, 2005 09:51 AM | TrackBack"On the last 13 initiatives [we've sponsored], we've been sued on every one of them," Costa said. But he expressed certainty that the courts would uphold the initiative.
"I would suppose that anyone who doesn't like redistricting would probably think this is serious," he said. But "if you look at all the legal precedents, they're all on the side of" allowing "a small legal error in an initiative."