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Oregon Redistricting Commission Initiative (2022)
| Oregon Redistricting Commission Initiative | |
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| Election date November 8, 2022 | |
| Topic Redistricting measures | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type Constitutional amendment | Origin Citizens |
The Oregon Redistricting Commission Initiative was not on the ballot in Oregon as an initiated constitutional amendment on November 8, 2022.
The measure would have amended the Oregon Constitution to establish a 12-member redistricting commission.
The redistricting commission would have used criteria enacted by the amendment to map state and congressional districts every ten years. The drafted map would have had to:[1][2]
- Complied with United States Constitution and the federal Voting Rights Act;
- Aimed for an equal population in each jurisdiction according to the last census;
- Contained a contiguous geographic area;
- Minimized division of cities, counties, and neighborhoods; and
- Used adopted metrics of competitiveness.
Text of measure
Full text
- See also: Article IV, Oregon Constitution
The full text of the initiative can be read here.
Background
Redistricting in Oregon
- See also: Redistricting in Oregon
At the time of election, congressional and state legislative district lines weredrawn by the state legislature. District lines were subject to veto by the governor.[3]
If the legislature failed to establish a redistricting plan for state legislative districts, it fell to the secretary of state to draw the boundaries.[3]
State legislative redistricting by state
- See also: State-by-state redistricting procedures
In 34 of the 50 states, state legislatures play the dominant role in state legislative redistricting. Commissions draw state legislative district lines in 14 states. In two states, hybrid systems are used, in which state legislature share redistricting authority with commissions. See the map and table below for further details.[4][5][6]
Congressional redistricting by state
- See also: State-by-state redistricting procedures
Most states are required to draw new congressional district lines every 10 years following completion of United States Census (those states comprising one congressional district are not required to redistrict). In 33 of these states, state legislatures play the dominant role in congressional redistricting. In nine states, commissions draw congressional district lines. In two states, hybrid systems are used, in which the legislatures share redistricting authority with commissions. The remaining states comprise one congressional district each, rendering redistricting unnecessary. See the map and table below for further details.[4][5]
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 2022 ballot:
- Signatures: 149,360 valid signatures were required.
- Deadline: The deadline to submit signatures was July 8, 2022.
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
- C. Norman Turrill filed the initiative on April 19, 2021.[2]
- On October 12, 2021, the sponsor withdrew the petition.[2]
See also
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ Oregon Secretary of State, "Complete Text of Initiative #16," accessed April 20, 2021
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Oregon Secretary of State, "Oregon Secretary of State Elections Division Initiative, Referendum, and Referral Search for 2022," accessed April 20, 2021
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 All About Redistricting, "Oregon," accessed April 28, 2015
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 All About Redistricting, "National Summary," accessed July 29, 2024
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 The American Redistricting Project, "State," accessed July 29, 2024
- ↑ NCSL, "Redistricting Commissions: State Legislative Plans," December 10, 2021
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