Organizers of the referendum effort to overturn the gas tax enacted by the Oregon Legislature last fall have turned in more than 250,000 signatures from Oregon voters, they reported last week.
According to Bruce Starr, one of the chief petitioners behind the effort, organizers turned in a total of 250,900 signatures to the state Elections Office on Monday, Dec. 29, prior to the Dec. 31 deadline.
The signature-gathering effort was visible locally as volunteers spent…