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Oregon Ballot Measure 113, the Exclusion from Re-election for Legislative Absenteeism Initiative, was approved by Oregon voters in the 2022 Oregon elections.Measure 113 amended the Constitution of Oregon to provided that members of the Oregon Legislature with ten unexcused absences from floor sessions are disqualified from serving in the legislature following their current term.
The Oregon Supreme Court ruled on Thursday in favor of the Secretary of State's interpretation of Measure 113, disqualifying for reelection 10 Republican senators who had 10 or more unexcused ...
Measure 113, passed by voters in 2022, amended the state constitution to bar lawmakers from reelection if they have more than 10. The Oregon Supreme Court said Thursday that 10 Republican state ...
On August 8, 2023, Oregon Secretary of State LaVonne Griffin-Valade announced that as per the recently passed Oregon Ballot Measure 113, 10 Republican senators who participated in walkouts earlier in the year are not eligible for re-election
Measure 112: Amends Constitution: Removes language allowing slavery and involuntary servitude as punishment for crime 1,047,028 (55.59%) 836,295 (44.41%) Measure 113: Amends Constitution: Legislators with ten unexcused absences from floor sessions disqualified from holding next term of office 1,292,127 (68.32%) 599,204 (31.68%) Measure 114
This action triggered Oregon Ballot Measure 113, passed by voters in 2022, which disqualifies members with ten unexcused absences from serving in the legislature following their current term. [7] The Democratic leadership eventually made concessions to the bills to allow the session to resume. [8]
Oregon Ballot Measure 113 was passed in 2022 to disqualify senators with ten unexcused absences from serving in the legislature following their current term, largely in response to a series of walkouts by Republican senators.
The disqualification was automatic under Ballot Measure 113, which passed the year before. [22] After a challenge from five Republican Senators the measure was unanimously upheld by the Oregon Supreme Court on February 1, 2024, confirming Boquist's disqualification after his current term ends in January 2025.