Feb 16, 2020 | News Articles, Opinion Piece
Guest View: Redistricting reform keeps the power with the people By Eric Richardson | Register-Guard | February 16, 2020 The right to vote is a cornerstone of our democracy. For generations, activists have fought first to gain that right and then to protect it —...
Dec 30, 2019 | News Articles
OPB Jeff Mapes | December 30, 2019 As the nation heads into the 2020 Census, Oregon appears more likely than ever to gain a sixth congressional seat, according to new population estimates. The Census Bureau estimates released Monday show that Oregon’s population...
Nov 20, 2019 | News Articles
Natural Resource Report | By Oregonians for Food and Shelter | November 20, 2019 The redistricting of Congressional and Legislative Districts happens every 10 years. Oregon’s population growth means we stand to gain a Congressional district after the 2020 Census. To...
Nov 20, 2019 | News Articles
The Fulcrum | By David Hawkings | November 20, 2019 There are rumblings in two of the nation’s most reliably blue states about taking partisan politics out of the business of drawing legislative boundaries for the coming decade. And some of the Democrats in...
Nov 19, 2019 | News Articles
Broad spectrum of groups rally around initiative proposing to reform Oregon’s redistricting process to protect against ‘bi-partisan gerrymandering’ By Jake Thomas, Sam Stites | Salem Reporter | November 18, 2019 After years of trying, Norman Turrill of Portland...
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...
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