Oregon Consumer Packaging Initiative (2016)
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| This measure was not put on an election ballot |
An Oregon Consumer Packaging Initiative (Petition #2) did not make the November 8, 2016 ballot in Oregon as an initiated state statute. The measure would have amended the Oregon Bottle Bill of 1973 by replacing the word "beverage" with "consumer good," thus making the bill applicable to all consumer goods. One major change to the bill would have been the creation of a binary system of classifying consumer packaging, with all packaging needing to be either compostable or refundable. The refund for packaging would have been increased from five cents to 10 cents.[1]
Path to the ballot
A petition for the initiative was submitted to the Oregon Secretary of State by Byron Harmon and Max Harmon on August 12, 2013. Proponents must collect 1,000 signatures to get the secretary of state's office to draft a ballot title.[2]
A total of 88,184 valid signatures were required for the issue to land on the 2016 ballot. The measure did not comply with the Oregon Constitution's procedural constitutional requirements and the petition was rejected on October 15, 2015.
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