Plaintiff Julie Parrish, center, argues in support of a temporary restraining order to prevent Secretary of State Tobias Read from placing a referendum vote on the May ballot instead of November during a hearing to Judge David Leith on Tuesday, March 10, 2026, at the Marion County Circuit Court in Salem, Ore. (Photo by Kevin Neri/Statesman Journal/pool)
A Marion County Circuit Court judge said he will rule quickly on a case brought against the Oregon secretary of state by GOP lawmakers and voters over the timing of a gas tax referendum.
Senior Judge David Leith on Tuesday heard roughly 90 minutes of arguments from a lawyer for the plaintiffs and a lawyer for Secretary of State Tobias Read at the Marion County Courthouse in Salem…