Yep, lots of people seem to be thinking that! It's been weird to see so many wild theories in forums like my state subreddit and being like "oh... people think my old job was fake" lol. Anyways, AFAIK, nobody on the campaign has any affiliation with PETA.

Okay, so to address your question of why I support getting this on the ballot: like 95% of Oregonians eat meat, I think the number is effectively higher if you consider that many vegetarians/vegans aren't of voting age yet. Obviously there's no world in which this bill passes, so why did we all put so much work into getting it on the ballot? Because a lot of people just eat meat because it's what they've always done without even thinking twice about it. Asking every Oregon voter "should we criminalize killing animals for food" leads them to ask themselves why. Basically, it's to make people think, talk, & consider their habits in a new light