l9n/ Oregon

2011 Regular Session

Senate Bill 947

Designates United States Senator, Representative in Congress, Governor, Secretary of State, State Treasurer, Attorney General, state Senator, state Representative and any state, county, city or district office as voter choice offices.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Rules Committee on June 30, 2011. The 2011 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislative Assembly published with the bill.

Designates United States Senator, Representative in Congress, Governor, Secretary of State, State Treasurer, Attorney General, state Senator, state Representative and any state, county, city or district office as voter choice offices. Excludes nonpartisan offices. Allows voters at primary election to vote for any candidate for voter choice office, without regard to political party affiliation, or lack of affiliation, of voter or candidate. Specifies that two candidates for voter choice office receiving highest number of votes at primary election are nominated for office at general election. Provides that when one candidate for voter choice office receives majority of votes at primary election, name of that candidate alone is printed on general election ballot. Allows political parties to file party rule with Secretary of State describing qualifications candidate must satisfy to be listed on ballot as party member. Allows party to notify chief elections officer that candidate for voter choice office is ineligible to be listed on ballot as party member.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the Senate

2 co-sponsors

Chris Edwards, Frank Morse

Its course

March 1 to June 30, 2011, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action4 actions on 4 days

In the SenateMar 1 to Jun 30 · stopped121 days

Waiting for a committeeMar 1 to Mar 76 days

RulesMar 7 to Jun 30 · stopped115 days

Text

Each version as the Legislative Assembly printed it.

l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislative Assembly published it is below.

In the Senate Mar 1 – Jun 30

  1. Mar 1Introduced
  2. Mar 7Sent to Rules
  3. May 12Heard in Rules
  4. Jun 30Died when the session ended
All 4 actions, as published
  1. Mar 1Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk.Senate
  2. Mar 7Referred to Rules.Senate
  3. May 12Public Hearing held.Senate
  4. Jun 30In committee upon adjournment.Senate