Sen. George Runner , R-Lancaster, decided to drop a lawsuit to force Attorney General Jerry Brown to rewrite the title and summary for a proposed ballot measure he has authored.
The suit, filed in October, alleged that Brown deliberately tried to mislead the public by writing a slanted summary and title for the Runner measure, which would require voters to show ID when they vote.
Runner had claimed the initial title and summary provided for the "Vote SAFE" initiative was and "factually wrong."
But after receiving a new title and summary for a revised draft of the initiative language, Runner has decided to drop his lawsuit.
"Brown's latest attempt at the title and summary for the Vote SAFE initiative is materially more accurate than the prior version," he said in a statement. "It's not perfect, but we believe we can move forward with the language in all but one respect."
Runner said he plans to resubmit one more revised version of the initiative to clarify a provision giving the county registrar of voters more time to count absentee ballots from military personnel stationed outside California.
That move gives Runner less time to gather the signatures he needs to qualify the measure for the 2010 ballot.
"[Qualifying] for the 2012 election may not be a bad alternative when you consider how crowded the ballot might be in November 2010 with initiatives - as it is there are more than 40 initiatives on the streets now for signatures," he said.
Bee colleague Andy Furillo wrote about the suit earlier this year. Click here to read that story.
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