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Environmental

Jul. 30, 2010

Prop. 23 Wording Sparks Duel

Supporters of a November ballot measure to suspend California's landmark global warming law objected in a lawsuit this week to state Attorney General Jerry Brown's language on the ballot label as biased.

By Fiona Smith

Daily Journal Staff Writer

Supporters of a November ballot measure aimed at suspending California's landmark global warming law have sued the secretary of state alleging the language used to describe the measure to voters is biased.

Attorney General Jerry Brown, an ardent supporter of the state's effort to slash greenhouse gases, re-wrote the ballot language proposed by Proposition 23's backers...

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