The Oregon Secretary of State’s office confirmed that Initiative Petition 28 (IP28) failed to secure the required signatures to qualify for the November ballot, handing a major victory to Oregon’s conservationists, sportsmen, and agricultural communities.
The state’s final verification counted 104,262 valid signatures, falling short of the required 117,173-threshold.
The petition sought to criminalize hunting, fishing, trapping, breeding, livestock production, and common farming practices across the state.
Named the PEACE Act (People for Elimination of…




