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Oregon Electronic Signature Gathering Initiative (2018)
| Oregon Electronic Signature Gathering | |
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| Election date November 6, 2018 | |
| Topic Direct democracy measures | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type State statute | Origin Citizens |
The Oregon Electronic Signature Gathering Initiative was not on the ballot in Oregon as an initiated state statute on November 6, 2018.
The measure would have allowed for no less than 90 percent of the required signatures for a citizen initiative or referendum to be gathered using the internet and computers. The measure would have also required the Oregon secretary of state to create and administer a website which allows citizens to sign initiative and referendum petitions online.[1]
Text of measure
Full text
The measure would have amended Oregon Revised Statute 250.105 to read:[1]
Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon that SECTION 1. ORS 250.105 is amended to read as follows: (1)(a) An initiative or referendum petition relating to a state measure must be filed with the Secretary of State for the purpose of verifying whether the petition contains the required number of signatures of electors. (b) Signatures previously verified on a prospective petition for a state measure to be initiated shall be included in the calculation under this section for the purpose of verifying whether the initiative petition contains the required number of signatures of electors. (c) When filing an initiative or referendum petition, the signature sheets must be sorted on the basis of the name of the person who obtained the signatures on the sheet. (d) The secretary shall adopt rules establishing procedures for verifying signatures on an initiative or referendum petition: including rules which allow no less than nine tenths of the required signatures for an initiative or referendum petition to be gathered from electors digitally using the internet and computers. (e) A filed initiative or referendum petition must contain only original signatures. The secretary or county clerk shall verify each petition in the order in which the petitions are filed with the secretary. (f) The Secretary of State shall create and administer a website which allows Oregon electors to sign initiative and referendum petitions digitally and is accessible via the internet. The website shall be able to be utilized with: any type of internet connection, with any of the most commonly used internet browsers and using any type of personal computer including but not limited to: smart phones, laptops, desktops and tablets. |
Support
David Carlson, Ashley Bardales, and Justin Brice filed the proposal with the Oregon secretary of state on July 18, 2016.[2]
Opposition
Our Oregon was opposed to this initiative.[3]
Path to the ballot
David Carlson, Ashley Bardales, and Justin Brice filed the proposal with the Oregon secretary of state on July 18, 2016.[2] Oregon requires that 1,000 signatures be submitted before a ballot title is drafted. These signatures were submitted, and the initiative was cleared for circulation on October 12, 2017.
Petitioners were required to collect 88,184 valid signatures to get their initiated state statute on the ballot. Signatures for initiatives needed to be submitted four months prior to the election on November 6, 2018, which was July 6, 2018.
Proponents of the measure did not submit signatures before the signature deadline.[4]
See also
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Oregon Secretary of State, "Complete Text of Initiative," accessed October 23, 2016
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Oregon Secretary of State, "Initiative 2," accessed October 23, 2016
- ↑ The Register-Guard, "Oregon’s citizen initiative petition system would be rejuvenated with online signing of petitions, left-wing activists say," September 27, 2017
- ↑ Ballotpedia Staff Writer, Telephone communication with Oregon Secretary of State's office, July 9, 2018.
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