20 citizens of Oregon deliberated on Measure 97 which would have removed the cap on the corporate gross sales tax and establish a 2.5 percent tax on gross sales that exceed $25 million. 11 panelists supported the measure but it failed to pass with 59% of the votes being no.
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Oregon Citizens' Initiative Review (CIR) on Measure 97: Business Tax Increase
August 4, 2020 | Joyce Chen |
September 3, 2019 | Scott Fletcher Bowlsby |
July 7, 2019 | jxz305 |
- General Issues
- Business
- Economics
- Governance & Political Institutions
- 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
- 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
- Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation
- Ask & Answer Questions
- Information & Learning Resources
- Written Briefing Materials
- Expert Presentations
- 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
- Staff
- Yes
- Volunteers
- No
- Evidence of Impact
- Yes
- Types of Change
- Changes in people’s knowledge, attitudes, and behavior
- Implementers of Change
- Lay Public