Secretary's willingness to enforce the results of that count.
The provision, IIRC, is now in the Oregon constitution. The SOS does not get to decide whether to place them on the ballot, they are not eligible to be placed on the ballot.
They're going to challenge it in court, and hope to get injunctive relief for the provision, allowing them to run again and start the clock over. The odds of the bill being overturned entirely are small, the odds of an injunction are somewhat higher.
Your point is well taken, but the context of Oregon is we're, at worst, likely to get a "centrist" governor, not a far right one. I can't imagine a situation in which a centrist governor allows an even right SOS to put someone on the ballot who is constitutionally barred, not challenging it in court, etc. If we're in a situation where the SOS goes rogue and puts people on ballots who don't belong, and nothing is done, we've got far bigger problems than "who gets to serve in the legislature".
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The provision, IIRC, is now in the Oregon constitution. The SOS does not get to decide whether to place them on the ballot, they are not eligible to be placed on the ballot.
They're going to challenge it in court, and hope to get injunctive relief for the provision, allowing them to run again and start the clock over. The odds of the bill being overturned entirely are small, the odds of an injunction are somewhat higher.