Backers of ‘top two’ primary initiative submit 140,000 signatures to Oregon secretary of state
Supporters of an initiative that would jettison Oregon’s partisan primaries said they submitted 140,045 signatures to the secretary of state on Monday — appearing to give them enough to earn a spot on the November ballot.
The Every Oregon Voter Counts Petition Committee collected the signatures in just a little over five weeks in what the group said was the fastest effort to collect initiative signatures in Oregon history.
The proposed ballot measure would create a new primary system in which all the candidates are listed together and go before the entire electorate. The top two finishers will advance to the general election, regardless of party.
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