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Oregon Eliminate Time Limitations for Prosecuting Sexual Offenses Initiative (2020)

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Oregon Eliminate Time Limitations for Prosecuting Sexual Offenses Initiative
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Election date
November 3, 2020
Topic
Law enforcement
Status
Not on the ballot
Type
State statute
Origin
Citizens


The Oregon Eliminate Time Limitations for Prosecuting Sexual Offenses Initiative was not on the ballot in Oregon as an initiated state statute on November 3, 2020.

Measure design

The measure would have removed the statute of limitations for the following sexual offenses:[1][2]

  • Rape in the first degree
  • Sodomy in the first degree
  • Unlawful sexual penetration in the first degree
  • Sexual abuse in the first degree
  • Rape in the third degree
  • Rape in the second degree
  • Sodomy in the third degree
  • Sodomy in the second degree
  • Unlawful sexual penetration in the second degree

Text of measure

Full text

The full text of the measure is available here.

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 initiated state statute for the ballot is equal to 6 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 1,000 preliminary signatures count toward the final total required.

The requirements to get an initiated state statute certified for the 2020 ballot:

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

  • Joani Komlos Wardwell filed this initiative on April 17, 2018.[2]

See also

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