Once a year.

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Oregon's constitution calls for legislators to meet every other year, but some lawmakers want to meet every year, and they want voters to make it official. A proposed November ballot measure would amend the constitution to require long sessions in odd years and shorter ones in even years, limited to a combined total of 180 days every two years. Proponents argue it would strengthen the Legislative Assembly and allow it to respond more quickly to changing economic conditions. "The legislature meets so infrequently I think there is this vacuum, and it is being...

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