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Oregon Firearm Safety Class in Public Schools with Ability to Opt-Out Initiative (2020)
| Oregon Firearm Safety Class in Public Schools with Ability to Opt-Out Initiative | |
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| Election date November 3, 2020 | |
| Topic Firearms and Education | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type State statute | Origin Citizens |
The Oregon Firearm Safety Class in Public Schools with Ability to Opt-Out Initiative was not on the ballot in Oregon as an initiated state statute on November 3, 2020.
A nearly identical measure, Initiative #6, was filed by different sponsors also targeting the 2020 ballot in Oregon. The measure was the same except that (1) it did not provide for an option for parents to request that their child not partake in the class and (2) did not specify the length of time for the class.
Measure design
The measure would have established an annual firearms safety instruction class for sixth graders in Oregon public schools. Under the measure, firearms safety instruction would have meant the following:[1][2]
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"Firearms safety instruction" means a class taught by a firearms instructor certified by law enforcement or a national or statewide organization that certifies firearms instructors and includes the following:
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The measure would have allowed students to be excused from attending the class if their parent or guardian notifies the school that the student will not be attending. The measure specified that the length of the class must be at least 30 minutes.
Text of measure
Full text
The full text of the measure is available here.
Path to the ballot
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:
- Signatures: 112,020 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
- Raven Brumbles and Jim Hoffman filed this initiative on August 31, 2018.[2]
- The initiative was never cleared for signature gathering.[2]
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Oregon Secretary of State, "Complete Text of Initiative #11," accessed November 17, 2018
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Oregon Secretary of State, "Oregon Secretary of State Elections Division Initiative, Referendum, and Referral Search for 2020," accessed November 17, 2018
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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