Oregon Open Primary Initiative (2024)
| Oregon Open Primary Initiative | |
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| Election date November 5, 2024 | |
| Topic Elections and campaigns | |
| Status Pending official review | |
| Type Constitutional amendment | Origin Citizens |
The Oregon Open Primary Initiative may appear on the ballot in Oregon as an initiated constitutional amendment on November 5, 2024.
The initiative would amend the Oregon Constitution to change Oregon from a closed primary to an open primary system.[1][2]
Text of measure
Ballot title
The certified ballot title for Initiative #26 is:[3]
| “ | Amends Constitution: Changes election processes. All voters/candidates for certain partisan offices participate in same nomination procedure.
Result of 'Yes' Vote: 'Yes' vote amends constitution, changes election nomination procedure for partisan offices except President/Vice-President; after 2026 all voters/candidates participate in same nomination process. Result of 'No' Vote: 'No' vote retains current election nomination procedure; legislature’s authority to set nomination methods; retains current process for nomination of minor political party and nonaffiliated candidates.[4] |
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Ballot summary
The certified ballot summary for Initiative #26 is:[3]
| “ | Amends state constitution. Currently, legislature has constitutional authority to set methods by which candidates are nominated for general election. Major parties nominate candidates to general election through primaries in which only registered-party voters may participate unless party otherwise permits; minor parties and unaffiliated nominate candidates directly for general election. Generally, candidates for nonpartisan offices all appear on primary ballot and all voters may vote on those candidates regardless of voter’s party affiliation. Measure changes nomination procedures for most partisan offices, including local government, state legislative, federal congressional, and statewide elected offices. After 2026, all candidates for those offices must participate in same nomination process. All candidates subject to same candidacy and filing requirements. Measure does not apply to nominations for U.S. President/Vice President.[4] | ” |
Full text
The full text of the different versions of the initiative are below:
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 2024 ballot:
- Signatures: 156,231 valid signatures are required.
- Deadline: The deadline to submit signatures is 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 on April 10, 2023, by Michael Calcagno, Andrew Kalloch, and Karen Lowrey.[2]
- A second version was filed on April 17, 2023.
- Initiative #26 was cleared for signature gathering on July 18, 2023.[2]
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Oregon Secretary of State, "Full text," accessed April 11, 2023
- ↑ Jump up to: 2.0 2.1 2.2 Oregon Secretary of State's Office, "List of petitions," accessed March 7, 2023
- ↑ Jump up to: 3.0 3.1 Oregon Secretary of State, "Attorney General letter," accessed July 20, 2023
- ↑ Jump up to: 4.0 4.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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