February 6, 2009 - 10:18 am
News Feed: Oregon

Initiative Reform: Two Modest Proposals

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Legislators like State Senator Frank Morse (R – Albany) and State Representative Larry Galizio (D – Tigard) Larry are talking about reforming the initiative process. For one thing, both want to give the Legislature a chance to review and react to any proposed initiative before it goes to the ballot; once signatures were gathered, the measure would not go directly to the voters, but would go to the Legislature first. In addition, according to the Register-Guard: "Morse would also like each measure's ballot title to indicate whether the proposal has an identifiable source of revenue. If it does not, the...

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