Two groups have submitted signatures for 2026 ballot initiatives, aiming at very different issues

Two groups have submitted signatures for 2026 ballot initiatives, aiming at very different issues

A radical ballot initiative on animal rights is faring better — and operating far more efficiently — than an initiative promising equal rights for humans.   BY NIGEL JAQUISS Oregon Journalism Project Aside from the gas tax referral now apparently headed for the May election, citizens have proposed a raft of ballot initiatives for November 2026 — 75 so far. But only two campaigns have turned in signatures — for wildly different measures with, so …

Only 2 groups submitted have signatures for 2026 ballot initiatives — they aim at very different issues

Setting aside the gas tax referral now apparently headed for the May election, citizens have proposed a raft of ballot initiatives for November 2026—75 so far. But only two campaigns have turned in signatures — for wildly different measures with, so far, wildly different results. That’s according to the monthly signature turn-in log that Secretary of State Tobias Read’s Elections Division maintains. One campaign — built around a measure advanci…