A citizen's initiative review was held in August 2014 to deliberate on proposed ballot measure 92 on GMO labeling. 11 of the 20 panelists in the CIR opposed the measure where the remaining 9 favored it. Measure 92 itself would be defeated at vote, by only a very small margin.
CASE
Oregon Citizens' Initiative Review on Measure 92: Mandatory Labeling of GMOs Initiative
August 4, 2020 | Joyce Chen |
September 3, 2019 | Scott Fletcher Bowlsby |
June 29, 2019 | jxz305 |
- Specific Topics
- Food Inspection & Safety
- Agricultural Biotechnology
- Regulatory Policy
- Scope of Influence
- Regional
- Start Date
- End Date
- Ongoing
- No
- Time Limited or Repeated?
- A single, defined period of time
- Purpose/Goal
- Research
- Develop the civic capacities of individuals, communities, and/or civil society organizations
- Approach
- Research
- Citizenship building
- Spectrum of Public Participation
- Inform
- Total Number of Participants
- 20
- Open to All or Limited to Some?
- Limited to Only Some Groups or Individuals
- Recruitment Method for Limited Subset of Population
- Stratified Random Sample
- General Types of Methods
- Deliberative and dialogic process
- General Types of Tools/Techniques
- Facilitate dialogue, discussion, and/or deliberation
- Recruit or select participants
- Inform, educate and/or raise awareness
- Specific Methods, Tools & Techniques
- Citizens' Initiative Review
- Initiative Process
- Oregon Citizens' Initiative Review
- Sortition
- Q&A Session
- Deliberation
- Legality
- Yes
- Facilitators
- Yes
- Facilitator Training
- Professional Facilitators
- Face-to-Face, Online, or Both
- Face-to-Face
- Types of Interaction Among Participants
- Ask & Answer Questions
- Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation
- Information & Learning Resources
- Expert Presentations
- Written Briefing Materials
- Decision Methods
- Voting
- If Voting
- Majoritarian Voting
- Communication of Insights & Outcomes
- Public Report
- Primary Organizer/Manager
- Healthy Democracy
- Type of Organizer/Manager
- Non-Governmental Organization
- Type of Funder
- Non-Governmental Organization
- Staff
- Yes
- Volunteers
- No
- Evidence of Impact
- Yes
- Types of Change
- Changes in people’s knowledge, attitudes, and behavior
- Implementers of Change
- Lay Public