In 2022, Oregon voters approved Ballot Measure 113, agreeing that state lawmakers with ten or more unexcused absences should be barred from seeking reelection. The measure was designed to deter members of the Oregon State Legislature from walking off the job as a way of protesting policies they didn’t like. Oregon Democrats who supported Measure 113 argued that Republican lawmakers were welcome to debate them or disagree with them, but that walking off the job was unfair to taxpayers. Opponents of Measure 113, including State Senators Dennis Linthicum (a Republican) and Brian Boquist (an indep…
