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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...
Why does a diverse group of Oregon’s political interests want to take redistricting out of the legislature’s hands?
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...
Editorial: A promising proposal to counter self-serving politics
Oregonian Editorial Board | November 17, 2019 A proposed ballot initiative seeking to change how Oregon draws boundaries for legislative and congressional districts doesn’t sound like much of a barn burner. Filed last week by a group of good-government advocates, the...
Redistricting plan would shake up system
Mail Tribune Editorial Board | November 14, 2019 A proposed initiative that would change the way Oregon draws its legislative and congressional district boundaries promises to get a lot of attention next year, and for good reason. A new U.S. Census will be conducted...
Redistricting reform
Ashland Daily Tidings | | Ashland Daily Tidings Editorial Board | November 14, 2019 A proposed initiative that would change the way Oregon draws its legislative and congressional district boundaries promises to get a lot of attention next year. A new U.S. Census will...
People Not Politicians files separate legislative and congressional redistricting reform initiatives
For Immediate Release November 13, 2019 Contact Norman Turrill (503) 386-7996 People Not Politicians, a coalition of Oregon voters and organizations concerned about good government, today filed two statewide initiatives to reform Oregon’s redistricting process: one to...
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