(Portland, OR) - A potential ballot initiative would allow voters to decide on redirecting clean energy funding toward an effort to hire more Portland Police officers. A Multnomah County judge ruled Tuesday that the November 2026 ballot initiative can move forward with signature gathering, despite being contested by activists. If it makes the ballot, Portland voters would decide if they want to divert tens of millions of dollars toward police hiring efforts. That money would come from the Portland Clean Energy Fund- which collects a one-percent tax on large retailers.