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Oregon Election Ballot Candidate Information Initiative (2010)
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| This measure was not put on an election ballot |
Oregon Election Ballot Candidate Information Initiative, also known as Initiative 20, did not appear on the November 2, 2010 statewide ballot in Oregon as an initiated state statute.
As of July 2, the state's petition drive deadline, no signatures were submitted in an effort to qualify the measure for the ballot.
Ballot summary
The ballot title read as follows:[1]
Prohibits information on election ballot giving one candidate an "advantage" (undefined) over another, including incumbency.
Result of "Yes" Vote: "Yes" vote prohibits printing anything giving candidate "advantage," except party affiliation, on ballot by candidate's name; prohibits identifying incumbent judicial office candidate as the incumbent.
Result of "No" Vote: "No" vote retains current law allowing election ballot to include certain information near candidate's name and to identify incumbent judicial office candidate as the incumbent.
Summary: Under current law, ballot must include the designation "incumbent" following the name of each candidate for Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, Oregon Tax Court, and circuit court who is regularly elected or appointed judge of the court to which the candidate seeks election. For other than nonpartisan office, party affiliation or the word "nonaffliated" must be printed near the candidate's name. When candidates who are running for the same office have similar surnames, ballot must include location of residences opposite the candidates' names. Measure prohibits anything, other than party affiliation, after or near a name that would give a candidate an "advantage" (undefined) over another candidate. Prohibition includes using the word "incumbent" following the name of an incumbent candidate for judicial office. Other provisions.
Path to the ballot
- See also: Oregon signature requirements
Initiative petitions for statutes required six percent of 1,379,475, or 82,769 signatures. The deadline for filing signatures for the November 2, 2010 ballot was July 2, 2010. As of July 2 no signatures were submitted in an effort to qualify the measure for the ballot.
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