The legislature has no business reversing a citizen ballot initiative. The entire point of ballot initiatives is to enable citizens to go over the heads of the legislature, it is a check on their power. We are very fortunate in Oregon to have that right, many states do not. But that check on their power is useless if they can just reverse whatever gets voted on.
Remember that ranked choice voting is coming up as a ballot initiative as well, which is something both parties have great incentive to reverse. If there’s one thing Democrats and Republicans can agree on, it’s that they don’t want competition from any other parties.
If public opinion shifted so hard against M110, they should have sent a revised version of M110 or a reversal back to ballot.
I look forward to voting against you in the primary Holvey.
Source: https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Measures/Overview/HB4002
PS If you have any thoughts on this or any other issue, you can contact Holvey here https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/holvey
WHAT THE MEASURE DOES:
The measure removes barriers and establishes programs and policies aimed at improving access to substance use disorder (SUD) treatment. It also establishes a criminal justice framework for possession or delivery of controlled substances designed to encourage treatment over penalties such as jail or probation.
That sounds pretty inline with my understanding M110. Am I missing something?
ACLU has a decent overview of it. The tldr is that it’s re-criminalizing posession. https://www.aclu-or.org/en/take-action-now-tell-lawmakers-we-need-real-solutions-not-more-jails
Thank you. That was a very insightful read.
