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Backers of 'top two' primary initiative submit 140,000 signatures to Oregon secretary of state

Tue, Jun 24 2014 — Source: The Oregonian

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.