Oregon Ban on Assault Weapons Initiative (2020)
| Oregon Ban on Assault Weapons Initiative | |
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| Election date November 3, 2020 | |
| Topic Firearms | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type State statute | Origin Citizens |
The Oregon Ban on Assault Weapons Initiative (#17) was not on the ballot in Oregon as an initiated state statute on November 3, 2020.
Proponents initially filed Initiative 16, but then filed a second, updated version, Initiative 17.
Measure design
The measure would have defined assault weapons and made it a crime to own one.
Text of measure
The full text of the measure can be read below:[1]
Support
Sponsor
Greg Wasson was the sponsor of the measure.
Opposition
Opponents
AmmoLand and the Oregon Firearms Federation opposed the initiative, saying "it's a full frontal assault."[2][3]
Path to the ballot
The state process
In Oregon, the number of signatures required to qualify an initiated state statute for the ballot is equal to 6 percent of the votes cast for governor in the most recent gubernatorial election. Signatures for Oregon initiatives must be submitted four months prior to the next regular general election. State law also requires paid signature gatherers to submit any signatures they gather every month.
Moreover, Oregon is one of several states that require a certain number of signatures to accompany an initiative petition application. The signatures of at least 1,000 electors are required to trigger a review by state officials, a period of public commentary, and the drafting of a ballot title. Prior to gathering these initial 1,000 signatures, petitioners must submit the text of the measure, a form disclosing their planned use of paid circulators, and a form designating up to three chief petitioners. The 1,000 preliminary signatures count toward the final total required.
The requirements to get an initiated state statute certified for the 2020 ballot:
- Signatures: 112,020 valid signatures were required.
- Deadline: The deadline to submit signatures was July 2, 2020.
In Oregon, signatures are verified using a random sample method. If a first round of signatures is submitted at least 165 days before an election and contains raw, unverified signatures at least equal to the minimum requirement, but verification shows that not enough of the submitted signatures are valid, additional signatures can be submitted prior to the final deadline.
Details about this initiative
- Greg Wasson filed initiative version #16 on January 30, 2019. Wasson filed an updated version, #17, on February 26, 2019.[4]
- The initiative was not cleared for circulation.[4]
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Oregon Secretary of State, "Initiative 17 full text," accessed March 1, 2019
- ↑ Oregon Firearms Federation, "Anti-Rights Ballot Measure Filed For 2020," accessed February 5, 2019
- ↑ Ammo Land, "Oregon: Ballot Measure to BAN Modern Firearms & Normal Gun Magazines Filed," accessed February 5, 2019
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Oregon Secretary of State, "Initiative and Referendum Database," accessed March 1, 2019
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