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Act, Section 3-F-3

An initiative shall qualify for election if a resolution, the wording of which is identical to the initiative as submitted by its sponsor, is passed by simple majority in the legislative body of the relevant jurisdiction; except that, if the initiative proposes to create or alter a constitution or charter, such resolution must pass by a two-thirds majority.

Feedback from the 2002 Democracy Symposium

On August 14th, 2008 jpritikin says:

Stern & Holman, 2002, p. 4 wrote:
The Act permits the legislature to submit an initiative to the ballot but only as submitted by the proponents. Legislative bodies should be permitted to put any measure on the ballot, even one that is different from the one submitted by the proponents. Although a legislative body may put a competing measure on the ballot in order to confuse the voters, it is important to allow the legislative bodies to submit questions to the voters.

Stern & Holman are describing what is known as referendum. Legislative bodies can already submit questions to the voters via referendum. For example, refer to Oregon House Bill 2515 of 1997 voted on at the General Election, November 3, 1998. There is no need for the Democracy Act to make any accommodation for referendum.