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August 7, 2006

Update: High court hears ballot question arguments

PROVIDENCE -- The state Supreme Court this morning heard oral arguments on whether the governor has the power to put nonbinding resolutions on the state ballot.

Governor Carcieri wants to put two nonbinding measures on the ballot, relating to a state spending cap and a voter initiative program. The legislature voted in the past session to strip the governor of the authority.

Supreme Court justices peppered both sides with questions and seemed cool to the suggestion that the executive branch had an "inherent right" to place nonbinding questions on the ballot.

Chief Judge Frank J. Williams said the court would do its best to give a decision in time for the Secretary of State to have the ballots printed; tomorrow is the deadline to get that portion of the ballot to the printer without the state having to pay a higher price.

Find more background in today's Journal story.

-- Journal staff writer Mark Arsenault

Posted by Jack Perry  at 11:56 AM | Permalink

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