Nov 13, 2019 | News Articles
By Jeff Mapes | OPB November 12, 2019 Oregon voters may be asked next year to take the redrawing of congressional and legislative boundaries out of the hands of elected politicians. A coalition that includes a wide variety of political and government watchdog groups...
Nov 12, 2019 | People Not Politicians, Press Release
For Immediate Release November 12, 2019 Contact Norman Turrill: (503) 386-7996 People Not Politicians, a coalition of Oregon voters and organizations concerned about good government, today filed a statewide initiative to reform Oregon’s redistricting process. The...
Jul 23, 2019 | News Articles, People Not Politicians
By Ed Kilgore, New York Magazine In its recently concluded term, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down two big decisions affecting the decennial process of adjusting U.S. House districts to updated demographic data, with Chief Justice John Roberts writing for a 5-4...
Jul 18, 2019 | News Articles, People Not Politicians
A Commentary By Kyle Kondik, Rasmussen Reports GOP retains edge, but perhaps not as sharp of one as it had following 2010. KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE — The Supreme Court’s recent decision to stay out of adjudicating gerrymandering doesn’t necessarily change anything...
Jun 16, 2019 | Editorials, People Not Politicians
by The Oregonian Editorial Board Politics is rarely pure and simple. Senate Bill 761, however, is an exception. It is purely and simply an attempt to hobble Oregon’s vaunted initiative process. The bill – which has no legislator listed as its chief sponsor – would...
Recent Comments