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California makes it easy to vote, with mail-in ballots and registration at the DMV. An upcoming ballot measure would add new voter ID requirements compelling people to prove their citizenship before they cast a ballot.
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The Eugene Clean Energy Fund would raise taxes on some large retailers and banks, taking 2% of gross profits from their retail sales in the city.
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They are targeting SB 1507, which blocked some tax cuts passed by President Donald Trump.
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Oregon Secretary of State Tobias Read doesn’t need to allow more arguments against a gas tax question on the Oregon Voters’ Pamphlet, a federal judge ruled on Friday.
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Filing comes less than a week after a Marion County judge ruled the gas tax question will remain on May ballot.
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The ruling is a blow to Republicans who have insisted the vote should be held in November.
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A bill to provide technical fixes to the state’s 2024 campaign finance law instead renders political spending limits moot, critics say.
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Two Republican lawmakers are joining dozens of citizens in challenging the maneuver.
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Republicans have vowed to file suit over the maneuver.
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The legislation comes as the Oregon Supreme Court weighs whether to uphold the 2022 voter-approved gun control law.
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Friday marks third time this week lawmakers have postponed a vote on a controversial referendum bill with a Feb. 25 deadline
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The party offered no immediate reason for the walkout.
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Testimony against Senate Bill 1599 has so far overwhelmed support.
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One of the potential statewide measures vying for the November ballot is calling it quits.