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Editorial: Initiative bill smacks of voter suppression
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...
Opinion: Who will slay the gerrymander in Oregon?
The Oregonian | OregonLive April 7, 2019 By Kate Titus Titus is executive director of Common Cause Oregon, a nonpartisan government watchdog organization. If there is one thing Oregonians can agree on, it is that our vote should count. We lead the nation in...
Oregonians could change how legislative districts are drawn, reshuffle power in 2020
Statesman Journal November 24, 2018 Oregon voters may get a chance in 2020 to decide who is in charge of redrawing legislative districts: state lawmakers or an independent commission. The obscure work is about much more than how lines are drawn on a map. The shape of...
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