Crook County, Oregon, Measure 7-86, Greater Idaho Measure (May 2024)

Crook County Measure 7-86
Election date May 21, 2024
Topic Incorporation, merging, and boundaries of local jurisdictions
Status Approved
Type Referral

Crook County Measure 7-86 was on the ballot as a referral in Crook County on May 21, 2024. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported advising the Crook County Court that voters "support continued negotiations regarding a potential relocation of the Oregon-Idaho border to include Crook County."

A "no" vote opposed advising the Crook County Court that voters "support continued negotiations regarding a potential relocation of the Oregon-Idaho border to include Crook County."

Election results

Crook County Measure 7-86
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		5,149	53.40%
No		4,493	46.60%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Measure 7-86 was as follows:

“

Should Crook County represent that its citizens support efforts to move the Idaho state border to include Crook County?

”

Ballot summary

The ballot summary for this measure was:

“

The Crook County Court has placed this advisory question on the ballot to determine voter attitudes of whether your Crook County elected officials should inform state and federal officials that the people of Crook County support continued negotiations regarding a potential relocation of the Oregon-Idaho border to include Crook County.

”

Full Text

The full text of this measure is available here.

Background

See also: Greater Idaho, Oregon, countywide ballot measures (2020-2024)

In eastern Oregon, voters in 13 counties have approved ballot measures regarding seceding from the state and joining neighboring Idaho between 2020 and 2024. Supporters refer to this effort as Greater Idaho.

Since 2020, there have been 17 countywide ballot measures on Greater Idaho in Oregon.

• Voters approved ballot measures in 13 counties — Baker, Crook, Grant, Harney, Jefferson, Klamath, Lake, Malheur, Morrow, Sherman, Union, Wallowa, and Wheeler

• Voters rejected ballot measures in two counties — Douglas and Josephine.

• In Wallowa County, voters rejected a measure in 2020 before approving a measure in 2023.

Changing the state boundaries of Oregon and Idaho would require approval from the U.S. Congress and state legislatures of Oregon and Idaho, per the U.S. Constitution, Article I, Section 10, and Article IV, Section 3.

List of countywide ballot measures

The following is a list of countywide ballot measures related to Greater Idaho:

County	Year	Measure	Outcome	Yes (Votes)	No (Votes)	Yes (%)	No (%)
Douglas	2020	Measure 10-180	d	26,981	35,297	43.32%	56.68%
Jefferson	2020	Measure 16-96	a	5,757	5,553	50.90%	49.10%
Union	2020	Measure 31-101	a	7,435	6,753	52.40%	47.60%
Wallowa	2020	Measure 32-003	d	2,478	2,519	49.59%	50.41%
Baker	2021	Measure 1-104	a	3,346	2,474	57.49%	42.51%
Grant	2021	Measure 12-77	a	1,471	896	62.15%	37.85%
Harney	2021	Measure 13-18	a	1,583	921	63.22%	36.78%
Lake	2021	Measure 19-35	a	1,510	513	74.64%	25.36%
Malheur	2021	Measure 23-64	a	3,059	2,592	54.13%	45.87%
Sherman	2021	Measure 28-46	a	430	260	62.32%	37.68%
Douglas	2022	Measure 10-185	d	16,791	18,659	47.37%	52.63%
Josephine	2022	Measure 17-106	d	13,619	14,344	48.70%	51.30%
Klamath	2022	Measure 18-121	a	9,649	7,278	57.00%	43.00%
Morrow	2022	Measure 25-88	a	2,386	1,546	60.68%	39.32%
Wheeler	2022	Measure 35-29	a	472	334	58.56%	41.44%
Wallowa	2023	Measure 32-007	a	1,752	1,745	50.10%	49.90%
Crook	2024	Measure 7-86	a	5,149	4,493	53.40%	46.60%

Path to the ballot

See also: Laws governing local ballot measures in Oregon

On June 7, 2023, the Crook County Court voted to place the measure on the ballot.

How to cast a vote

See also: Voting in Oregon

See below to learn more about current voter registration rules, identification requirements, and poll times in Oregon.

How to vote in Oregon

Poll times

Oregon is an all-mail voting state. Each county provides privacy booths that voters can use to mark their ballot. County clerks' offices are open from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. local time on Election Day. Oregon is divided between the Mountain and Pacific time zones.

Registration

Check your voter registration status here.

To register to vote in Oregon, one must be a resident of Oregon, a United States citizen, and at least 16 years old. Voters must be at least 18 years old by the day of the election in order to receive a ballot. Potential voters can register online or by mailing in a voter registration form to your county election office. The deadline to register is 21 days before the election.

Automatic registration

Oregon implemented automatic voter registration in 2016. For more information, click here.

Online registration

See also: Online voter registration

Oregon has implemented an online voter registration system. Residents can register to vote by visiting this website.

Same-day registration

Oregon does not allow same-day voter registration.

Residency requirements

To register to vote in Oregon, you must be a resident of the state.

Verification of citizenship

See also: Laws permitting noncitizens to vote in the United States

Oregon does not require proof of citizenship for voter registration. An individual must attest that they are a U.S. citizen when registering to vote. According to the state's voter registration application, a voter who knowingly falsely registers "can be fined up to $125,000 and/or imprisoned for up to 5 years."

All 49 states with voter registration systems require applicants to declare that they are U.S. citizens in order to register to vote in state and federal elections, under penalty of perjury or other punishment. Seven states — Alabama, Arizona, Georgia, Kansas, Louisiana, New Hampshire, and Wyoming — have laws requiring verification of citizenship at the time of voter registration, whether in effect or not. One state, Ohio, requires proof of citizenship only when registering to vote at a Bureau of Motor Vehicles facility. In three states — California, Maryland, and Vermont — at least one local jurisdiction allows noncitizens to vote in some local elections. Noncitizens registering to vote in those elections must complete a voter registration application provided by the local jurisdiction and are not eligible to register as state or federal voters.

Verifying your registration

The Oregon Secretary of State’s Office allows residents to check their voter registration status online by visiting this website.

Voter ID requirements

Oregon is an all-mail voting state. When registering to vote, voters must provide their driver's license number or state ID card number. If voters can not provide this information, they can print and sign a online voter registration form and mail it to their county election office to complete their registration.

See also

Local measures

• Local measures in 2024
• Incorporation, merging, and boundaries of local jurisdictions on the ballot

Oregon

• Oregon 2024 local measures
• Local ballot measures, Oregon
• Crook County, Oregon

News and analysis

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