Hunt-Fish ban petition (IP28) fails 1st verification step

By Taxpayers Association of Oregon
OregonWatchdog.com

The super-controversial and awful petition to ban hunting and fishing in Oregon (also known as IP 28 or the P.E.A.C.E Act) has been showing very poor signature validation rate.

Willamette Week reports, “The IP 28 campaign submitted 142,784 signatures on July 2. To qualify for the ballot, the petition needs 117,173 verified signatures. That would require 82% of the submitted signatures to be valid—but on the first sample, Radnovich says, the IP 28 campaign didn’t hit that mark. Though the failure is notable and a warning sign that the petition may be in trouble, it’s not the end of the road. If a petition fails the first round of verification, the Elections Division takes another sample of signatures—this time larger—for verification. Should the petition again fail to reach the necessary validity threshold, the petition cannot be placed on the ballot.” 

This measure is so bad that even liberal lawmakers like Governor Kotek and all House Democrat lawmakers oppose the petition earlier this year.