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Oregon Regulation of Political Campaign Contributions and Expenditures Initiative (2018)
| Oregon Regulation of Political Campaign Contributions and Expenditures Initiative | |
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| Election date November 6, 2018 | |
| Topic Elections and campaigns | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type Constitutional amendment | Origin Citizens |
The Oregon Regulation of Political Campaign Contributions and Expenditures Initiative was not on the ballot in Oregon as an initiated constitutional amendment on November 6, 2018.
The measure would have allowed the Oregon State Legislature or citizens through an initiative to enact laws, consistent with the U.S. Constitution, to regulate contributions and expenditures with the effect of influencing the outcome of elections.[1]
Text of measure
Constitutional changes
- See also: Article II, Oregon Constitution
The measure would have added a Section 25 to Article II of the Oregon Constitution:[2]
Path to the ballot
Ronald A. Buel and B. Elizabeth Trojan filed the proposal with the secretary of state's office on July 14, 2017. Buel and Trojan submitted a different version of the measure, Initiative Petition 12, on January 30, 2017. The secretary of state rejected that petition for not meeting procedural requirements on May 15, 2017.
Oregon requires that 1,000 signatures be submitted before a ballot title is drafted.
Petitioners were required to collect 117,578 valid signatures to get their initiative on the ballot. Signatures for initiatives needed to be submitted four months prior to the election on November 6, 2018, which was July 6, 2018.
Proponents of the measure did not submit signatures before the signature deadline.[4]
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Oregon Secretary of State, "Get Big Money Out of Oregon Elections II," accessed July 19, 2017
- ↑ Oregon Secretary of State, "Complete Text," accessed July 19, 2017
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source.
- ↑ Ballotpedia Staff Writer, Telephone communication with Oregon Secretary of State's office, July 9, 2018.
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