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The Respect For Law Act

State Initiative Petition

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Click Here To Print And Sign Your E-Signature Sheet

To Request a 10-line signature petition sheet ...

If you would like to collect signatures for Initiative 112 the Respect For Law Act a 10-Line signature sheet is available by calling Oregonians For Immigration Reform at (503) 363-6095, or you may request a sheet via email. The form will be mailed to you right away!

When you have completed the signature sheet, or you are satisfied that you will not collect any more signatures on it, please return the sheet using the enclosed envelope or in an envelope addressed to:

OFIR PAC
PO Box 1438
McMinnville, OR 97128

Initiative Summary:

ALLOWS STATE COOPERATION WITH IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT; REQUIRES CERTAIN
DOCUMENTATION FOR VOTER REGISTRATION AND DRIVING PRIVILEGES

 

RESULT OF “YES” VOTE: “Yes” vote allows state/local cooperation and resources for immigration enforcement; requires certain documentation of citizenship for voter registration, “legal presence” for driver/identification documents.
RESULT OF “NO” VOTE: “No” vote retains current state/local limits on cooperation and resources to enforce immigration laws, current requirements for voter registration, grant of driver/identification documents.
SUMMARY: Current Oregon law: prohibits expenditure of state/local law enforcement resources solely to enforce federal immigration laws; allows only United States citizens to vote, and requires Oregon voter registrants to attest to, but not to document, voter qualifications; requires Oregon driver license, permit, identification card applicants to be Oregon residents or domiciliaries, provide social security number, proof of age, identity, residence. Measure prohibits laws limiting government officials’/employees’ cooperation with federal officials enforcing immigration law; requires first-time Oregon voter registrant to provide “satisfactory evidence” of citizenship (defined); requires applicant for Oregon driver license, permit, identification card to prove “legal presence” and provide social security number; describes documentation constituting proof of “legal presence;” requires verification of social security number with Social Security Administration. Other provisions.

INITIATIVE TEXT IS PRINTED BELOW

CHIEF PETITIONERS: Mehran Smith
10350 SW Crestwood CT
Beaverton, OR 97008
Shahriyar Smith
1614 NW Kearney ST
Portland, OR 97209
Jim Ludwick
7500 SW Lebold RD
McMinnville, OR 97128
Return completed petition to: OFIR PAC, PO Box 1438, McMinnville, OR 97128-1438.

Instructions for Circulators

Only active registered voters of the state of Oregon may sign a petition.
It is advisable to have signers use a pen for signing petitions or for certifying petitions.
Only one circulator may collect signatures on any one sheet of a petition.
Each circulator must personally witness all signatures the circulator collects.
Circulators shall not cause to be circulated a petition knowing it to contain a false signature.
Circulators shall not knowingly make any false statement to any person who signs it or requests information about it.
Circulators shall not attempt to obtain the signature of a person knowing that the person is not qualified to sign it.
Circulators shall not offer money or any thing of value to another person to sign or not sign a petition.
Circulators shall not sell or offer to sell signature sheets.
Circulators shall not write, alter, correct, clarify or obscure any information about the signers unless the signer is disabled and request assistance or the signer initials after the changes are made.
Circulators shall not accept compensation to circulate a petition that is based on the number of signatures obtained.
Warning! Violations of the circulator requirements may result in conviction of a felony with a fine of up to $125,000 and/or prison for up to 5 years.
 

Instructions for Signers

Only active registered voters of the state of Oregon may sign a petition. Sign your full name, as you did when you registered to vote.
Please fill in the date on which you signed the petition, your printed name and your residence address in the spaces provided.
Initial any changes that you or the circulator makes to your printed name, residence address or date on which you signed the petition.
It is advisable to use a pen for signing petitions.
It is unlawful to sign any person’s name other than your own. Do not sign another person’s name under any circumstances.
It is unlawful to sign a petition more than once.
It is unlawful for a person to knowingly sign a petition when the person is not qualified to sign it.

 

 RESPECT FOR LAW ACT

 

Initiative 112

 

Section 1. Oregonians welcome legal immigrants. All of Oregon's public officials and public employees shall be considerate and positive in assisting legal immigrants to participate in our free society. Oregonians also respect the rule of law. Accordingly, the People adopt this statute, which shall be known as the Respect for Law Act.

 

Section 2. a. No statute, regulation, or order of any agency or instrumentality of this state, or of any of Oregon's political subdivisions, including, but not limited to, any law enforcement agency, shall prohibit or limit any public official or public employee from cooperating with federal agencies or officials in the enforcement of federal immigration law.

 

     b. This section supersedes any existing statute, regulation, or order which prohibits or restricts such cooperation with federal agencies or officials.

 

Section 3. a. Election officials shall require satisfactory evidence of United States citizenship from any applicant who is registering to vote for the first time as an Oregon voter. This requirement of evidence of  citizenship applies even if the applicant has previously registered to vote in another state or territory of the United States.

 

     b. Satisfactory evidence of United States citizenship shall consist of anyone of the following:

 

I. The number of the applicant's driver license or non-operating identification license issued after October 1, 1996, by the Department of Transportation or the equivalent governmental agency of another state within the United States, if the agency indicates on the applicant's driver license or non--operating identification license that the person has provided satisfactory proof of United States citizenship.

 

II.  A legible photocopy of the applicant's birth certificate that verifies citizenship. Supporting legal documentation shall be provided as to a name change if the name on the birth certificate is not the same as the applicant's current name. A Certificate of Birth Abroad for a United States citizen, reflecting registration with the Department of State, shall be considered a birth certificate.

 

III.  A legible photocopy of pertinent pages of the applicant's United States passport identifying the applicant and the applicant's passport number or presentation to an election official of the applicant's United States passport.

 

IV.  A presentation to an election official of the applicant's United States naturalization documents or the number of the certificate of naturalization. If only the number of the certificate of naturalization is provided, the applicant shall not be included in the registration rolls until the number of the certificate of naturalization is verified with the United States government by the election official.

 

 V. Other documents or methods of proof of citizenship that are established pursuant to the federal immigration reform and control act of 1986.

 

VI. The applicant's Bureau of Indian Affairs card number, tribal treaty card number or tribal enrollment number.

 

Section 4.a. Prior to issuing, renewing or replacing any driver license, driver permit or identification card, the Department of Transportation shall require the applicant to provide proof of legal presence and a verified Social Security number. If the applicant is not eligible for a Social Security number, the applicant shall provide documentation issued by the United States Department of Homeland Security establishing that the applicant is legally present in the United State but is not eligible for a Social Security number.

 

b. A person provides proof of legal presence by submitting valid documentation that the person is a citizen or permanent legal resident of the United States or is otherwise legally present in the United States in accordance with federal immigration laws.

 

c. A person satisfies the requirement of providing proof of a Social Security number by submitting a valid Social Security number that has been assigned to the person by the United States Social Security Administration. The Department of Transportation shall verify the Social Security number with the United States Social Security Administration.

 

d. The Department of Transportation may issue a temporary driver license or temporary driver permit to an applicant who provides proof that the applicant is legally present in the United States on a temporary basis. The temporary driver license or temporary driver permit shall be valid only during the period of time of the applicant's authorized stay in the United States or, if there is no definite end to the period of authorized stay, for a period of one year. The temporary driver license or temporary driver permit may be renewed only upon presentation of documentation that the status by which the applicant qualified for the temporary driver license or temporary driver permit has been extended by the United States Department of Homeland Security. A person legally present in the United States on a temporary basis is not eligible to receive an Oregon identification card but may rely on that person's passport or other foreign or U.S. government identification.

 

e. The fees for issuance, renewal and replacement of temporary driver licenses and temporary driver permits under this subsection are as provided under ORS 807.370 for the corresponding non-temporary license or permit.

 

f. The Department of Transportation may further define required documentation, by rule, provided that such documentation meets or exceeds the standards of this Act.

 

Section 5. This Act is effective on passage, and Sections 1, 2, and 3 of this Act are operative on passage. Section 4 of this Act is operative on April 1, 2009.

 

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'Oregon has become a magnet for non-citizens who want identification cards for nefarious purposes.'  - Governor Ted Kulongoski

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Steven Malanga

"Poor, uneducated, and unskilled, these newcomers add much less to the national wealth than they cost the taxpayers for their health care, the education of their children, and (too often) their incarceration."

 

 

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