…1-1b (copied from this version at the Oregon Legislature’s website) ARTICLE IVLEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT Sec. 1. Legislative power; initiative and referendum1b. Payment for signatures Section 1. Legislative power; initiative and…
Questions about Oregon initiative and referendum signature petitions are as old as the petition itself (1902) and as new as yesterday (see History links, below). The latest challenges are…
…Article IV, Section 1. Legislative power; initiative and referendum. (1) The legislative power of the state, except for the initiative and referendum powers reserved to the people, is vested in a…
Excerpt from the Oregon Blue Book: “In 1902, the Oregon electorate overwhelmingly approved a ballot measure that created the initiative and referendum, a system of direct legislation by the…
…this Constitution, an initiative or referendum measure becomes effective 30 days after the day on which it is enacted or approved by a majority of the votes cast thereon. A…
…grant to the legislative assembly any exclusive power of lawmaking nor in any way to limit the initiative and referendum powers reserved by the people. [Created through initiative petition filed…
track initiatives that will appear on the November 2012 ballot, use the Oregon Secretary of State Election Division’s Initiative, Referendum, and Referral Search engine. You can search measures from 1998…
…fairly well known that Oregon has the longest running use of the initiative and referendum system in the United States and that our state has been one of the most…
…days after the end of the session at which the Act is passed. (4)(d) Notwithstanding section 1, Article XVII of this Constitution, an initiative or referendum measure becomes effective 30…
…become operative on December 15.(4) Any reapportionment that becomes operative as provided in this section is a law of the state except for purposes of initiative and referendum. A reapportionment…
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