A woman enters the Oregon Department of Justice building in Salem, Ore., May 28, 2020. According to a ballot measure passed by Oregon voters, state senators who accumulated 10 or more unexcused absences at the Legislature during a record-setting Republican walkout are supposed to be disqualified from running for re-election, but several filed suit in the Oregon Court of Appeals, challenging the measure. On Monday, Sept. 25, 2023, the appeals court formally asked the state Su…
September 25, 2023
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Oregon's top court asked to decide if GOP senators who boycotted Legislature can be reelected
There were nine Oregon Republicans and an independent who clocked at least 10 absences during this year's legislative session in order to block Democratic bills covering abortion, transgender health care and gun rights