OregonRCV for statewide offices + local options

Campaign Status: Loss

Outcome

Voters in Oregon rejected Measure 117 (59.6% against, 40.4% in favor)

The Policy

Measure 117: Ranked Choice Voting for elections to federal and state offices, including the president, U.S. senator, U.S. representative, governor, secretary of state, attorney general, state treasurer, and commissioner of labor and industries. It does not include state legislative offices.

The law would have also authorized cities, counties, school districts, other local governments, and local districts to use ranked-choice voting for local elections unless home rule charters preempt it.

✅ Good for voters: Ranked Choice Voting has been shown to give voters better choices, create more civil and positive campaigns, increase accountability, and guarantee winners have a majority of support, among other benefits.

Background

RCV first made its way to Oregon in 2016 when Benton County adopted it for use in the 2020 municipal election. Since then, key RCV victories in 2022 in Portland and Multnomah County built real momentum to pass a statewide RCV bill.

This measure was referred to the ballot in 2023 by the OR state legislature in a historic victory for RCV. This bipartisan Ranked Choice Voting bill was propelled by a broad coalition in which RepresentUs partnered with OregonRCV and more than 35 diverse organizations.

In November 2024 , Oregonians voted on a ballot initiative to pass statewide Ranked Choice Voting.

Who’s Involved?

RepresentUs worked with the coalition Yes on Measure 117 that includes partners like the Coalition for Communities of Color, the League of Women Voters of Oregon, Oregon ACLU, Oregon AFSCME Council 75 and others to make Oregon the next place to implement RCV statewide.

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