Oregon Changes to the Government Ethics Commission Initiative (2022)

Oregon Changes to the Government Ethics Commission Initiative

Election date
November 8, 2022
Topic
Government accountability
Status
Not on the ballot
Type
State statute| Origin
Citizens

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The Oregon Changes to the Government Ethics Commission Initiative is not on the ballot in Oregon as an initiated state statute on November 8, 2022.

The initiative would have made the following changes to the Government Ethics Commission:[1][2]

* decrease the number of members from nine to seven;
* require members to be appointed by the chief justice of the Oregon Supreme Court rather than nominated by the governor and confirmed by the state senate;
* require all members to be retired judges;
* prohibit appeal of misconduct findings or violations by state legislative officials unless the defendant is arguing the misconduct did not occur;
* allow economic sanctions on a violator's salary, allowance, or other compensation; and
* require state legislative officials to report misconduct within 72 hours of witnessing it.

## Contents

* 1 Text of measure
* 1.1 Full text
* 2 Path to the ballot
* 2.1 The state process
* 2.2 Details about this initiative
* 3 See also
* 4 External links
* 5 Footnotes

## Text of measure[edit]

### Full text[edit]

The full text of the measure is available here.

## Path to the ballot[edit]

See also: Laws governing the initiative process in Oregon

### The state process[edit]

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 2022 ballot:

* Signatures: 112,020 valid signatures were required.
* Deadline: The deadline to submit signatures was July 8, 2022.

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[edit]

* The initiative was filed on September 28, 2020, by Jeff Barker, Anil Karia, and Daryl Turner.[2]
* The initiative was rejected on August 10, 2021, because it did not include the full text of the initiative.[2]

## See also[edit]

2022 measures

* 2022 ballot measures
* Government accountability on the ballot
* 2022 legislative sessions

Oregon

* Oregon ballot measures
* Oregon ballot measure laws

News and analysis

* Ballot measure lawsuits
* Ballot measure readability
* Ballot measure polls

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## External links[edit]

* Full text

## Footnotes[edit]

1. ↑ Oregon Secretary of State, "Complete Text of Initiative 2022-012," accessed October 5, 2020
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2022 Initiatives, Referendums and Referrals, "Petition 2022-012," accessed October 5, 2020

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