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The post's core factual claim is accurate: a ballot initiative in Oregon (Initiative Petition 28, or the PEACE Act) has collected enough signatures to potentially qualify for the November 2026 ballot. The measure would eliminate legal exemptions for hunting, fishing, trapping, and farming from Oregon's animal abuse statutes, effectively banning those activities. The characterization of it as 'stupidity from the left' is opinion, but the underlying factual claim is confirmed by multiple sources.
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Oregon has been collecting signatures to ban hunting and fishing in the state.Confirmed. Initiative Petition 28 (IP28), also called the PEACE Act, has submitted over 120,000 signatures to the Oregon Secretary of State, exceeding the ~117,173 needed to qualify for the November 2026 ballot. The measure would remove statutory exemptions for hunting, fishing, trapping, and farming from Oregon's animal cruelty laws, effectively criminalizing those activities. Multiple news outlets and the Oregon Secretary of State's office have reported on this.
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The measure has not yet been certified for the ballot; signatures must be verified by the Secretary of State by the July 2, 2026 deadline. Even if certified, it would still need to be approved by voters in November 2026 to become law. The post's framing of the effort as 'stupidity from the left' is a subjective political opinion, not a factual claim.
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True. An Oregon ballot initiative (IP28) would remove legal exemptions for hunting and fishing from state animal cruelty laws, effectively banning them. Supporters submitted enough signatures to qualify for the November 2026 ballot, pending official verification by the Secretary of State.