US EditionOregon voters have rejected most laws that reach ballot through referendums
The ruling maintains current signature and fee requirements for ballot pamphlet arguments despite claims that the May vote suppresses grassroots participation.
- On Friday, U.S. District Court Judge Michael Simon struck down a motion to expand voter input, leaving the voters' pamphlet submission rules unchanged, requiring a $1200 fee or at least 500 signatures.
- The Right to Vote on the Gas Tax PAC filed the motion Monday alleging Oregon Secretary of State Tobias Read allowed a 'pay-to-play' system after submitting more than 200,000 signatures in late 2025.
- If approved, the measure would raise the gas tax by six cents to 46 cents per gallon and increase passenger vehicle title fees from $77 to $216.
- U.S. District Court Judge Simon sided with the political class, with Rep. Diehl criticizing the ruling as silencing 52 Oregonians, and the court 'sided with political class over the people.'
- May's vote will be the 67th referendum in state history and the Legislature has moved five of seven referendums since 2000 to special or primary elections, a shift critics say likely reduces turnout while delaying road maintenance.
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Oregon Capital Chronicle
Federal judge denies anti-gas tax group’s attempt to extend voters’ pamphlet deadline
U.S. District Judge Michael Simon on Friday denied the plaintiffs’ motion to allow for 52 more submissions to the Oregon Voters’ Pamphlet. (Getty Image)Oregon Secretary of State Tobias Read doesn’t need to allow more arguments against a gas tax question on the Oregon Voters’ Pamphlet, a federal judge ruled on Friday. The decision comes three days after the Republican-led Right to Vote on the Gas Tax Political Action Committee filed a federal la…
Oregon voters have rejected most laws that reach ballot through referendums
May’s vote on a controversial 2025 transportation law will mark the 67th time in state history that Oregonians opposed a law strongly enough to petition for its placement on the ballot.
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Oregon voters have rejected most laws in referendums, with many decided outside November
May’s vote on a controversial 2025 transportation law will mark the 67th time in state history that Oregonians opposed a law strongly enough to petition for its placement on the
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