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All-Non-Partisan Elections in Oregon

A Proposed Oregon Constitutional Amendment To be included in Article II, “Suffrage and Elections:” All-Non-Partisan Elections (1)    All elections within the State of Oregon shall be non-partisan, with no indication of political affiliation on the ballot. (2)    A candidate for any lucrative office shall be placed on the primary election ballot only after submitting a sufficient number of signatures of qualified electors.  (a)The number of nominating signatures for the primary election ballot shall be: a percentage of the total number of qualified electors for that office in the previous general election in which a Governor was elected to a full term; shall be set by the legislature; shall be uniform for all offices; and shall be not more than 0.1%. (3)    Only candidates who receive the highest and second-highest number of votes in the primary election for any office shall be placed on the general election ballot.  Nomination for the general election ballot by con