Oregon Fines for Legislative Absenteeism Initiative (2020)
| Oregon Fines for Legislative Absenteeism Initiative | |
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| Election date November 3, 2020 | |
| Topic Government accountability | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type Constitutional amendment | Origin Citizens |
The Oregon Fines for Legislative Absenteeism Initiative (Initiative #64) was not on the ballot in Oregon as an initiated constitutional amendment on November 3, 2020.
The initiative proposed to fine legislators $500 and not receive their salary each day they are absent from legislative sessions without permission or excuse. It also proposed that the Legislative Administration Committee develop processes for determining whether legislators have permission to miss a legislative session. The measure was filed with a related measure, Exclusion from Reelection for Legislative Absenteeism Initiative.[1][2]
Text of measure
Full text
The full text of the measure can be found here.
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 2020 ballot:
- Signatures: 149,360 valid signatures were required.
- Deadline: The deadline to submit signatures was July 2, 2020.
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
- Andrea Kennedy-Smith and Reed Scott-Schwalbach filed this petition and Exclusion from Reelection for Legislative Absenteeism Initiative on January 28, 2020.[2]
- The initiative was not cleared for circulation.[2]
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