About Oregon’s IP37
OR37 is a statewide movement to get Initiative Petition 37 on the ballot in the November 2026 Midterm Election. Our mission is to ask the voters to decide what degree of election security we want in oregon. The due date to turn in at least 156,000 signatures is June 1, 2026.
IP37 is powered by passionate grassroots volunteers representing nearly every party affiliation. We currently have around 750 volunteer circulators collecting signatures in all of 36 counties of Oregon.
The Chief Petitioners of IP37
The Chief Petitioners of Oregon’s IP37 are community leaders who believe elections work best when they are transparent, locally administered, and grounded in public trust. They support election systems that are easy to understand, accountable to voters, and closely connected to the communities they serve.
Michaela Hammerson
Michaela Hammerson is a grassroots community leader and elected official serving the Umpqua Public Transportation District in Douglas County, Oregon. A licensed professional and frontline manager for a Fortune 100 company, she brings real-world leadership and accountability to public service. She believes government should work for everyday people, not insiders, and that elections should be counted by the communities who cast them, in their local precincts.
Ben Edtl
Ben Edtl is a prominent Oregon political leader who has consistently challenged political insiders and demanded accountability within his own party. As a government agency CEO, he took the unprecedented step of refusing to certify an election he believed lacked sufficient transparency. He supports election systems that are secure, transparent, and open to public verification.
Stephen Joncus
Steve Joncus is a Civil Rights attorney who’s led multiple cases to the Supreme Court challenging government overreach. He is a champion of election integrity and currently litigating two Oregon lawsuits, Vaughn v Loomis and Judicial Watch v State of Oregon, that have national implications. He believes there’s no greater issue than the verifiable integrity of our elections.