Petitions

Clackamas County Initiative and Referendum Petition Information -  Please contact Clackamas County Elections if you have any questions at elections@clackamas.us. Clackamas County petitions are filed with Clackamas County Elections.

• Clackamas County Initiative procedures 
   
• Clackamas County Referendum procedures
   
• Clackamas County petition signature requirements - Numbers based on total votes for Governor in Clackamas County: 200,266 (Nov 2018) 
  • Charter amendments initiative: 16,022 (8%)
  • Ordinance initiative: 12,016 (6%)
  • Referendum: 8,011 (4%)
     
• Initiative and Referendum Manual (PDF) - County, City & District (produced by the Oregon Secretary of State's office)
• Clackamas County Home Rule Charter (PDF)
• Clackamas County Code - Chapter 5: Elections

Petition Information for other Districts

• Metro petition signature requirements - Numbers based on total votes for Governor in Metro District (portions of Multnomah, Clackamas & Washington county): 746,067 - Nov. 2018. Metro petitions are filed with Multnomah County Elections 
  • Charter amendment by initiative: 59,686 (8%)
  • Ordinance by initiative: 44,765 (6%)
  • Petition by Referendum: 29,843 (4%)
• Special Districts (Community College, School, Water and Fire) - Petitions for Special Districts are filed with the county where the District Administrative Headquarters are located. 
  • For special district initiative and referendum petition numbers, please contact Clackamas County Elections
• State of Oregon - for State of Oregon petitions, please contact the Elections Division Oregon Secretary of State's Elections Division. office 
• City initiative and referendum petition numbers, please contact the city elections clerk. City petitions are filed with the City Elections/Recorder for each city.
• Link to petition filings for State of Oregon.

Initiative Petition Timeline

Referendum Petition Timeline

Inactive/Archived Petitions

• GSD-2024-01
  • 7/25/24 - Prospective Petition Filed
  • 8/30/24 - Prospective Petition Withdrawn
• 3-2020-MOLSD-R1 
  • 1/23/2020 - Prospective Recall Petition
  • 1/31/2020 - Approved to Circulate
  • 4/22/2020 - Expired - No signatures submitted before deadline.
• 3-2020-MOLSD-R2
  • 1/23/2020 - Prospective Recall Petition
  • 1/31/2020 - Approved to Circulate
  • 4/22/2020 - Expired - No signatures submitted before deadline.
• 3-2020-MOLSD-R3
  • 1/23/2020 - Prospective Recall Petition
  • 1/31/2020 - Approved to Circulate
  • 4/22/2020 - Expired - No signatures submitted before deadline.
• 3-2020-MOLSD-R4
  • 1/23/2020 - Prospective Recall Petition
  • 1/31/2020 - Approved to Circulate
  • 4/22/2020 - Expired - No signatures submitted before deadline.
• 3-2020-1
  • 2/24/2020 - Prospective Petition
  • 2/27/2020 - Determination Letter sent to chief petitioner
• 3-2019-REF2
  • 3/22/2019 - Prospective Petition
  • 3/25/2019 - Filed Ballot Title
  • 4/1/2019 - Approved to Circulate
  • 5/22/2019 - Expired - No signatures submitted before deadline