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In Face Of Pandemic, Partisan Redistricting Opponents In Oregon Pursue New Ballot Initiative Strategy
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...
Editorial: Do politicians need to be kicked out of redistricting?
Editorial: Do politicians need to be kicked out of redistricting? Bend Bulletin | May 15, 2020 Oregonians trust politicians to make decisions about what taxes are collected, how taxes are spent and policies that shape lives. But should politicians be trusted with...
People Not Politicians launches safe statewide signature gathering effort on ballot measure to reform Oregon’s redistricting process
People Not Politicians, a broad and diverse coalition of Oregon voters and organizations is moving forward with their statewide initiative to reform Oregon’s redistricting process and has started collecting signatures to qualify for the ballot in November.
Campaign pushes for citizen commission, not Legislature, to handle redistricting in Oregon
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...
Opinion: Oregonians, not politicians, should draw our electoral districts
The Oregonian, OregonLive | February 23, 2020 By Norman Turrill and Kate Titus Turrill is president of League of Women Voters of Oregon Advocacy Fund Governance Coordinator and past president of League of Women Voters. He chairs the People Not Politicians campaign...
Guest View: Redistricting reform keeps the power with the people
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 —...
Common Cause Partners on KBOO
On Thursday, January 16, our partners Kate Titus with Common Cause Oregon and Kathay Feng with Common Cause National were interviewed by Portland's JoAnn Hardesty on KBOO's Voices from the Edge. Click to listen!
Oregon Looks More Likely To Win 6th Congressional Seat Following 2020 Census
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...
Broad-based coalition files new petition
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...
Bids to take gerrymandering power from Democrats beginning in two states
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 power...
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