Portland Tribune
If you have signed a petition to put an initiative measure to a statewide vote Nov. 4, your signature may be among thousands that state officials check against voter registration records.
Then again, your signature may not be checked.
Under Oregon’s verification process, sampling is used to determine whether supporters have gathered the minimum 87,213 signatures required to qualify an initiative for the statewide ballot. The number changes every four years, because the Oregon Constitution specifies that it is 6 percent of the total votes cast for governor. For a proposed constitutional amendment, the threshold is 8 percent.
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Supporters of an independently elected Portland Public Water District filed 50,213 voter signatures with the City Auditor’s Office on Tuesday morning.
They need around 30,000 valid signatures to place their initiative measure on the May Primary Election ballot. The verification process could take several weeks.
“We are confident we are going to make it,” said Kent Craford, a former lobbyist and chief co-petitioner.
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The Good For Oregon Committee had gathered signatures for two initiatives, one that amends the Oregon Constitution to allow a single private casino in the state, and a companion measure, Ballot Measure 75. Together, the two measures would have given backers the exclusive right to build a casino on the former dog-racing track.