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Oregon Changes to Mail-In Voting Policies Referendum (2022)
Oregon Changes to Mail-In Voting Policies Referendum | |
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Election date November 8, 2022 | |
Topic Voting policy measures | |
Status Not on the ballot | |
Type Referendum | Origin Citizens |
The Oregon Changes to Mail-In Voting Policies Referendum was not on the ballot in Oregon as a veto referendum on November 8, 2022.
The referendum would have repealed House Bill 3291, which extended the time after an election that a ballot may be received to seven days as long as the ballot was postmarked on the election day.[1]
Text of measure
Full text
The full text of the law is below:
Path to the ballot
The state process
In Oregon, the number of signatures required to qualify an VR for the ballot is equal to 4 percent of the votes cast for governor in the most recent gubernatorial election. Signatures must be submitted 90 days after the legislature that passed the targeted bill adjourns.
The requirements to get a veto referendum certified for the 2022 ballot:
- Signatures: 74,680 valid signatures
- Deadline (2021 bills): September 24, 2021[2]
- Deadline (2022 bills): 90 days after the legislature that passed the targeted bill adjourns
Details about this initiative
- Cheryl R. Bowen and Janice Dysinger filed the referendum on August 5, 2021.[3]
- On August 26, 2021, the referendum was cleared for signature gathering.[3]
- The sponsors did not submit signatures by September 24, 2021.[3]
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Oregon Secretary of State, "Referendum 303 Text," accessed August 6, 2021
- ↑ 90 days after the adjournment of the legislative session in which the bill was passed
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Oregon Secretary of State, "2022 Initiative Petitions," accessed August 6, 2021
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State of Oregon Salem (capital) |
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