‘Abortion’ Should Be Added to NY Ballot Measure Text, Suit Says

An abortion rights measure summary slated to be on the New York ballot in November contains confusing and misleading language that doesn’t accurately portray the measure’s scope, a lawsuit argues.

The New York State Board of Elections showed a “blatant disregard” for the state’s election law, which requires summaries of statewide ballot measures to be written in plain language at an eighth-grade reading level that “identifies the practical outcome of each election result,” says the complaint, filed Friday in the Albany County Supreme Court.

At issue is Proposition 1—also known as the Equal Rights Amendment—which would prohibit discrimination based ...