Oregon animal measure fails to qualify for November ballot
A proposed ban on hunting and fishing will not appear on the November ballot
A proposal that would have expanded Oregon's animal cruelty laws by banning most killing of animals, including hunting, fishing, livestock farming and animal research, will not appear on Oregon's November ballot after the Oregon Secretary of State's Office determined it did not receive enough valid signatures to qualify, according to reporting from the Oregon Capital Chronicles. Supporters submitted 142,784 signatures, but election officials determined that 104,262 matched Oregon voter records, short of the 117,173 signatures required to place the measure on the ballot.
The measure drew opposition from Oregon's federally recognized tribes because treaty-protected hunting and fishing rights would not have been exempt from the ban. This was the third election cycle supporters introduced the proposal and the first general election in decades without a citizen-led initiative on Oregon's ballot, according to the Oregon Capital Chronicle reporting.
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