Title: Petition Regulation Amendments
Signed by Governor Ted Kulongoski
Title: Petition Regulation Amendments
Vote to pass a bill that modifies regulations relating to the obtaining of signatures of electors on a state initiative, referendum, recall petition, or prospective petition.
-Prohibits a person from being paid to collect signatures of electors on a state initiative, referendum, recall petition, or prospective petition if, during the five years prior to applying for registration, the person has had a civil penalty imposed for a violation of statutes related to the accounts of a chief petitioner or registration and training for paid petition circulators or the person has had a civil or criminal penalty imposed for a violation of a statute subject to a criminal penalty under ORS 260.993 (Sec. 2). -Allows the the Secretary of State to direct the Department of State Police to furnish information relating to whether an applicant for registration as a paid petition circulator has been convicted of a criminal offense involving fraud, forgery, or identification theft (which under existing law disqualifies the applicant from registration) or whether he or she has had a penalty imposed for one of the violations listed in the previous highlight (Sec. 2). -Specifies that a chief petitioner of a statewide initiative or referendum petition shall be considered liable for a violation committed by a person obtaining signatures on that chief petitioner's petition (or prospective petition) or a contractor or subcontractor if the chief petitioner "has knowledge or should have had knowledge" that said violator committed a violation related to any of the following (Sec. 5):
Title: Petition Regulation Amendments
Vote to pass a bill that modifies regulations relating to the obtaining of signatures of electors on a state initiative, referendum, recall petition, or prospective petition.
-Prohibits a person from being paid to collect signatures of electors on a state initiative, referendum, recall petition, or prospective petition if, during the five years prior to applying for registration, the person has had a civil penalty imposed for a violation of statutes related to the accounts of a chief petitioner or registration and training for paid petition circulators or the person has had a civil or criminal penalty imposed for a violation of a statute subject to a criminal penalty under ORS 260.993 (Sec. 2). -Allows the the Secretary of State to direct the Department of State Police to furnish information relating to whether an applicant for registration as a paid petition circulator has been convicted of a criminal offense involving fraud, forgery, or identification theft (which under existing law disqualifies the applicant from registration) or whether he or she has had a penalty imposed for one of the violations listed in the previous highlight (Sec. 2). -Specifies that a chief petitioner of a statewide initiative or referendum petition shall be considered liable for a violation committed by a person obtaining signatures on that chief petitioner's petition (or prospective petition) or a contractor or subcontractor if the chief petitioner "has knowledge or should have had knowledge" that said violator committed a violation related to any of the following (Sec. 5):
Title: Regulating Election Petitions
NOTE: A BILL WITH AN EMERGENCY CLAUSE GOES INTO EFFECT IMMEDIATELY UPON ENACTMENT OR ON A SPECIFIED DATE.
NOTE: A BILL WITH AN EMERGENCY CLAUSE GOES INTO EFFECT IMMEDIATELY UPON ENACTMENT OR ON A SPECIFIED DATE.