Oregon Citizens Redistricting Commission Amendment (2024)
| Oregon Citizens Redistricting Commission Amendment | |
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| Election date November 5, 2024 | |
| Topic Redistricting measures | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type Constitutional amendment | Origin Citizens |
The Oregon Citizens Redistricting Commission Amendment was not on the ballot in Oregon as an initiated constitutional amendment on November 5, 2024.
The initiative would have established a citizens redistricting commission.[1][2]
Text of measure
Ballot title
The certified ballot title was as follows:[3]
| “ | Amends Constitution: Repeals legislature’s redistricting process; creates redistricting commission; equal number Democrats, Republicans, others; requires 2025 redistricting
Result of 'No' Vote: 'No' vote retains current redistricting process; legislature draws boundaries of state legislative districts every ten years. 2021 redistricting remains in force until 2031. [4] |
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Ballot summary
The ballot summary was as follows:[3]
| “ | Amends Constitution. Oregon Constitution requires legislature to redraw state legislative districts every ten years. Measure repeals current process; creates twelve-member commission to draw state legislative districts. Measure also repeals 2021 maps enacted by legislature and upheld by courts; requires commission to draw new maps in 2025. Commission membership requires minimum length of residence/party affiliation; restricted based on recent political work/contributions or family members’ political activity. Secretary of State randomly selects six members from applicants; other members chosen by first six. Four members must be registered with each of largest two political parties, four unaffiliated or from other parties. At least one Democrat, Republican, other must agree for commission to approve map. Changes redistricting criteria. Other provisions.[4] | ” |
Full text
The full text of the initiative cleared for circulation is below:
Path to the ballot
The state process
In Oregon, the number of signatures required to qualify an initiated constitutional amendment for the ballot is equal to 8 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 requirements to get an initiated constitutional amendment certified for the 2024 ballot:
- Signatures: 156,231 valid signatures were required.
- Deadline: The deadline to submit signatures was July 5, 2024.
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
- The first version of the initiative was filed on August 24, 2022. The second version of the initiative was filed on August 30, 2022.[2]
- Initiative version #14 was cleared for circulation on March 23, 2023.[2]
- The campaign did not submit a sufficient number of signatures by the deadline.[2]
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Oregon Secretary of State, "Full text," accessed August 5, 2021
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Oregon Secretary of State', "List of petitions," accessed August 5, 2021
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Oregon Secretary of State, "Ballot Title letter," accessed March 5, 2023
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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