At 7:15 am on April 4, the Oregon Senate Legislative Operations & Reform Committee heard testimony on SB 630, which would institute “top-two” primaries for all partisan office except president. Four witnesses from the Green Party testified against it. Representatives of the two major parties also testified against it. The Green Party witnesses, joined by Richard Burke of the Oregon Libertarian Party, held a press conference after the hearing was over, to further explain their opposition.
The chair of the Committee said he won’t schedule a work session for the Committee to vote on the bill, unless a head count shows that the bill would pass the full State Senate.
“The chair of the Committee said he won’t schedule a… vote on the bill, unless a head count shows that the bill would pass the full State Senate.”
Well, that’s the end of that. The “One Ballot” group, having failed to get enough signatures last year, will try to get an initiative for this monstrosity on the November, 2008 ballot.
What was the committee table’s position… on the bill?