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Oregon Changes to Mail-In Voting Policies Referendum (2022)

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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The referendum would have repealed House Bill 3291, which extended the time after an election that a ballot may be received to seven days as long as the ballot was postmarked on the election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

See also: Laws governing the initiative process in Oregon

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:

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

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