Salem, Ore. – Secretary of State Kate Brown today announced that the Independent Party of Oregon has achieved major party status as of Feb. 2, 2015. Major party status is subject to a statutorily required re-verification on the 274th day before the next Primary election.
Oregon law requires that a major political party have membership totalling at least five percent of the number of registered voters in the most recent General Election. Based on the official results of the 2014 General Election, a major political party must have at least 108,739 members.
On Feb. 2, the Independent Party of Oregon had 108,742 members. On that date, a party official inquired about the process for the Secretary of State to officially determine that the party had met the major party threshold.
Accordingly, as of Feb. 2, 2015, the Independent Party of Oregon is a major political party in Oregon, subject to the re-verification of that status as a major political party on Aug. 17, 2015.
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