Oregon Regulation of Firearms and Ammunition Initiative (2020)
| Oregon Regulation of Firearms and Ammunition Initiative | |
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| Election date November 3, 2020 | |
| Topic Firearms | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type State statute | Origin Citizens |
The Oregon Regulation of Firearms and Ammunition Initiative (was not on the ballot in Oregon as an initiated state statute on November 3, 2020.
The initiative would have restricted the sale, purchase, and transfer of certain firearms defined by the initiative as assault weapons and ammunition magazines capable of holding more than 10 rounds. Initiative #60 would have enacted the separate aims of two related measures, Oregon Regulation of Firearms Initiative (Initiative #61) and Oregon Regulation of Ammunition Initiative (Initiative #62). Initiative #61 would have regulated certain firearms, and Initiative #62 would have restricted the sale, purchase, and transfer of ammunition for magazines that contain more than 10 rounds.[1]
The sponsors of the initiative, Lift Every Voice Oregon, attempted to place a similar initiative on the ballot in 2018 but failed due to legal challenges over the ballot title and summary.
Text of measure
Full text
The full text of the measure can be found here.[1]
Sponsors
Lift Every Voice Oregon led the campaign in support of the initiative.[2]
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
- Walter John Knutson III, Michael Z. Cahana, and Alcena E. Boozer filed this initiative along with Initiative #61 and Initiative #62 on December 9, 2019.[3]
- On April 28, 2020, the initiative was cleared for signature gathering.[3]
- The petitioners did not submit signatures by the July 2 deadline.[3]
See also
External links
Footnotes
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