[2] A bill (SB29) to enable instant-runoff voting for local municipalities was introduced in the 2009 session of the Oregon Legislative Assembly, but it died in a Senate committee.
[10] The state began to allow electoral fusion after the Oregon Legislative Assembly passed Senate Bill 326 and Governor Ted Kulongoski signed it on July 8, 2009.
The Oregon Constitution allows for a broader right to free speech than at the federal level with the Oregon Supreme Court consistently ruling that campaign contribution limits are a violation of free speech and striking down many laws and ballot measures that enacted contribution limits.
[17] The state used to allow Election Day voter registration up until 1984, but a 1986 ballot measure in response to Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh's attempt to take over Wasco, County in 1984 by bringing homeless people to their ranch to register them to vote days before an election passed and amended the state constitution to restrict voter registration to 20 calendar days before an election.
[18] The Oregon Legislative Assembly adopted a bill allowing for online voter registration in 2009 and it went into effect in March 2010.