Sep 4, 2021 | News, News Articles
Associated Press | By ANDREW SELSKY and SARA CLINE SALEM, Ore. (AP) — With Oregon getting an additional congressional seat based on population growth, Republican and Democratic state lawmakers on Friday presented dueling visions on where that new district should be....
Sep 2, 2021 | News, News Articles
OPB | By Dirk Vanderhart The once-a-decade redistricting process will begin in earnest Friday, when lawmakers give their first pitch for how to reshape the state’s political landscape. When Oregon lawmakers unveil their first proposals for redrawing the state’s...
Aug 23, 2021 | News, News Articles
OPB | By Dirk Vanderhart Lawmakers are required to take public testimony as they work up plans for new legislative and congressional districts that can dictate political power. Lawmakers taking up the question of how to redraw Oregon’s legislative and congressional...
Jun 18, 2020 | News Articles
The Fulcrum | By Sara Swann | June 11 In keeping with social distancing mandates, crusaders against partisan gerrymandering in Oregon have settled on a new old-fashioned way to recruit allies: Send a letter, by snail mail. With the coronavirus pandemic ruling out...
Jun 4, 2020 | News Articles, People Not Politicians
By Jeff Mapes, OPB | June 4, 2020 The COVID-19 pandemic has killed several would-be initiative campaigns in Oregon because organizers can’t send canvassers out to gather the tens of thousands of signatures needed to qualify for the November ballot. But backers of a...
May 13, 2020 | News Articles, People Not Politicians
By Hillary Borrud | The Oregonian/OregonLive Oregonians who want the state to switch to an independent redistricting commission announced Wednesday that they are moving ahead with the effort, even as the coronavirus pandemic makes it more difficult to qualify...
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