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Oregon Require Gas Pump Attendants Initiative (2024)
| Oregon Require Gas Pump Attendants Initiative | |
|---|---|
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| Election date November 5, 2024 | |
| Topic Business regulation | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type State statute | Origin Citizens |
The Oregon Require Gas Pump Attendants Initiative was not on the ballot in Oregon as an initiated state statute on November 5, 2024.
The initiative would have required attendants to pump gas at gas stations. The Oregon State Legislature passed a law in 2023 repealing the ban on self-serve gas.[1][2]
Text of measure
Full text
Two versions of the initiative were filed. The text of each is available below:
Background
Oregon Measure 4, Permit Self-Service Fuel Pumps at Retailers Initiative (1982)
In 1982, Oregon voters rejected Measure 4 in a 57.56% to 42.44% vote. The measure would have allowed people “other than owners, operators, or employees to dispense gasoline at retail locations.” Oregon banned self-service gas stations in 1951, citing fire risks, among other things.[3]
House Bill 2426 (2023)
In August, the Oregon State Legislature passed House Bill 2426 ending the ban on self-serve gas. The Senate voted to pass the bill 16-9, while the House voted to do so 47-10. Gov. Tina Kotek (D) signed HB 2426 on August 4, 2023.[3]
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 2024 ballot:
- Signatures: 117,173 valid signatures were required.
- Deadline: The deadline to submit signatures was July 5, 2024.
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
- The initiative was filed by Dan Clay and Steve Novick on October 25, 2023.[2]
- A second version of the initiative was filed on November 20, 2023.[2]
- The sponsors did not submit the required number of signatures by the deadline.[2]
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Oregon Secretary of State's Office, "Full text," accessed October 27, 2023
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Oregon Secretary of State's Office, "List of petitions," accessed June 12, 2023
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Oregon Public Broadcasting, "An Oregon union wants to end self-serve fuel, months after it began," October 25, 2023
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