Monthly Archive for Oregon
Oregon Stories Posted in July 2008
Oregon Group Alleges Petitions Were Forged
Category: Unions · State: Oregon · Source: Seattle Times
A union-funded watchdog group has asked the state to investigate whether signatures on initiative petitions circulated by conservative activists were forged. Meanwhile, the conservative activists have gone to federal court to try to force the state to ease or overturn new restrictions. The complaint filed by the watchdog group Our Oregon alleges that at least four signatures, including of Ellen Clay, of Keizer, were forged on current election-cycle petitions.
Petitions Slide Through Legal Loophole
Category: Bill Sizemore · State: Oregon · Source: The Oregonian
A coalition of labor groups says it has found evidence of widespread use of illegal practices to gather signatures for several conservative initiatives aimed for the November general election ballot. But the practices in question, including the use of carbon paper to duplicate printed names and addresses on multiple signature sheets for different initiatives, were not illegal until Jan. 1, when a new law governing Oregon's initiative system went into effect. The signature sheets examined by the labor coalition were all dated before Jan. 1. As a result, Secretary of State Bill Bradbury, who has scheduled a news conference on the subject today, has concluded that no action can be taken against the petition sponsors.
Recount Shows Oregon Measure 53 Passes
Category: Crime · State: Oregon · Source: The Oregonian
A recount shows an Oregon constitutional amendment on civil forfeitures narrowly passed. The results released Friday show Measure 53 with 490,158 in favor to 489,477 opposed — a difference of 681 votes. The initial count in the May 20 primary showed the measure winning 489,592 to 489,042 — a difference of 550 votes.
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