Oregon Special Election
January 26, 2010
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Important Dates
Remember to... Vote by Mail
About this Election
How We Research the Ballot Measures
Are You Registered?
Alternate Versions of this Guide
Acknowledgments
Important Dates
January 5 Last day for new voters to register
January 8-10 Ballots mailed to voters
January 26 ELECTION DAY
Remember to... Vote by Mail
Most ballots will be mailed to registered voters
January 8-10. Fill out your ballot and sign the
return envelope. Stamp and mail your ballot in
time for it to arrive at your county election office
by January 26th (Election Day) or drop it
off at the election office or a designated site
by 8 p.m. on January 26th. Postmarks do
not count.
About this Election
In the January 2010 Special Election all
registered voters are eligible to vote for or
against two state ballot measures. This guide
provides information about the statewide measures.
Measures 66 and 67 are referenda on two bills
passed by the 2009 Legislature amending
corporate and individual tax rates. The
measures are on the ballot as a result of
citizen petitions.
How We Research the Ballot Measures
League of Women Voters members researched and wrote
this guide on the ballot measures. We obtained information
from supporters and opponents; experts at state agencies
that administer current laws that would be changed; pro,
con, and government agency websites; literacy groups;
and other reports. Supporters, opponents, and neutral
experts reviewed this guide.
League researchers and editors tried to verify all the
factual information in our explanations and in the pro
and con argument sections. We did not include arguments
from the two sides that are not supported by objective
data, unless they clearly are statements of opinion about
values or about consequences. We worked diligently to
ensure that this guide is balanced, accurate, and fair.
We hope that this will give you the information you need
to make an informed vote.
Are You Registered?
To vote in the January 26th Special Election you must register by January 5. There are many ways to do it:
- Register in person at a county election office, DMV, or voter registration event.
- Mail in an Oregon Voter Registration Card which you can pick up at a library or post office, or print the card from www.Oregonvotes.org or www.lwvor.org.
Who may register? You may register if you are an Oregon resident, U.S. citizen, and at least 17 years old. You must fill out a new registration card if you move, change your name, or want to change your party.
Voting in the Special Election: All registered voters will receive the same ballot for their appropriate district. For more information visit www.Oregonvotes.org.
Alternate Versions of this Guide
To make election information available to voters who cannot use the printed version of our regular nonpartisan voters’ guide, HAVA, the Help America Vote Act, helped pay for the development and expanded distribution of voting guides in large-print, Spanish, Braille, Easy Voter Guide, audio, and Internet versions.
To get an audio, large-print or Braille copy of this nonpartisan Voters’ Guide, call Talking Book and Braille Services at 1-800-452-0292. You also can get copies of the Voters’ Guide online at www.VoteSource.org, by calling 1-866-ORE-VOTE, at many libraries and elections offices, or by contacting the League of Women Voters at 503-581-5722 or lwvor@lwvor.org.
Acknowledgments
PUBLISHED BY THELEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS® OF OREGON EDUCATION FUND
1330 12th St. SE, Suite 200, Salem, OR 97302
Phone: 503-581-5722 Fax: 503-581-9403 Email: lwvor@lwvor.org
Web: www.lwvor.org; www.VoteSource.org
Chair: Jane Gigler
Voter Service Co-Chairs: Vernadene Anderson and Diana Bodtker
Editing Committee: Vernadene Anderson,
Jane Berry-Eddings, Bea Epperson, Sally Hollemon,
Diana Bodtker
Proofreading Committee: Jane Gigler, Janet Adkins
Ballot Measure Researchers: Janet Calvert, Marianne Germond
Speakers’ Kit Editor: Elsa Struble
Voters’ Guide Layout: Rebecca Smith
Web Page Editing: Rebecca Smith with assistance from Sarrah Elizondo, Secretary of State Elections Division
Thank you to our partners
Oregon Secretary of State Elections Division and Oregon State Library - Talking Book and Braille Services
for producing the audio, Braille, large-print and accessible Internet versions of the Voters’ Guide, paid for with funds from the Help America Vote Act (HAVA). These alternate format voting guides help to provide equal access to important educational information for voters with disabilities.