2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 65

none Measure 65 Changes general election nomination processes for major/minor party, independent candidates for most partisan offices. Oregon 553,640 1,070,580 1,624,220 85.7 Oregon 2008 Measure 65.svg county No #BCBC83 60%-70% #8b8b54 70%-80% Source: Oregon Secretary of State Bradbury Bill Bill Bradbury Official Results – November 4, 2008 General Election Elections Division Oregon Secretary of State 4 November 2008 http://records.sos.state.or.us/ORSOSWebDrawer/Recordpdf/6873598 Website December 24, 2008 September 4, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200904091529/http://records.sos.state.or.us/ORSOSWebDrawer/Recordpdf/6873598 dead Ballot Measure 65 was an initiated state statute ballot measure for the November 4, 2008 general election ballot in the state of Oregon. If it had passed, it would have replaced the current closed primary election system for partisan offices, in which each political party nominates its own candidate for the general election. The system proposed by Measure 65 bore similarities to a blanket primary and nonpartisan blanket primary. Under Measure 65, voters would have received the same ballot regardless of their own party registration. For each partisan position, the ballot would list all candidates, also without regard for party registration. Voters would choose one candidate, and the two candidates with the most votes would advance to the November general election. The measure would have affected chapters 188.120, 254.056 and 254.115 of the Oregon Revised Statutes, and repealed chapters 254.025 and 254.365.Voters' Pamphlet includes Text of measure Former Oregon Secretaries of State Phil Keisling and Norma Paulus were the chief petitioners in favor of the measure.Secretary Of State Race: Dancer is Alone in Supporting Open Primary Nigel Jaquiss Willamette Week Politics 22 September 2008 http://wweek.com/wwire/?p=13200 Article December 24, 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080923105200/http://wweek.com/wwire/?p=13200 23 September 2008 dead Proponents of Measure 65 argued that the closed primary unfairly excluded voters with no party affiliation, and that voters should be able to vote for any primary election candidate they wished, regardless of the party affiliation of either the voter or the candidate.Voters' Pamphlet includes Measure 65: Arguments in Favor Opponents of the measure countered that every voter is free to register as a member of a political party to participate in the primary, and criticized the possibility that a general election race could have two candidates from the same party.Voters' Pamphlet includes Measure 65: Arguments in Opposition See also Blanket primary and nonpartisan blanket primary Oregon state elections, 2008 List of Oregon ballot measures Washington Initiative 872 (2004) Notes External links Voter's Pamphlet information from the Oregon Secretary of State Yes on 65 campaign website No on 65 campaign website Category:2008 Oregon ballot measures Category:Initiatives in the United States O