1987-05-19 - Voters Pamphlet - State STATE OF OREGON
VOTERSY PAMPHLET
SPECIAL ELECTION
May 19, 1987
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BARBARA ROBERTS
Secretary of State
State Capitol
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INFORMATION
GENERAL VOTER REGISTRATION
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Material on each state measure in your official 1987 Special 1. You are a citizen of the United States.
Election Voters' Pamphlet includes the ballot title, the complete 2. You will be 18 or older on election day.
text of the proposed measure,an impartial statement explaining the 3. You are a resident of Oregon.
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opponents.The page number for each item can be found in the table qualifications,but you must be registered by 5:00 p.m.on the 21st
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TUESDAY, MAY 19, 1987.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Absent Voter—Inside Back Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
MeasureNo. 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Ballot Title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . 3
Complete Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Explanation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Arguments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-9
MeasureNo. 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Ballot Title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Complete Text . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Explanation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Arguments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-13
Public Notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
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CONTINUED
Measure No. 1 OR GONE
SENATE BILL 405—Referred to the Electorate of Oregon by the (2) Reverse the Secretary of Energy's decision to postpone
1987 Legislature, to be voted on at the Special Election, May 19, indefinitely all site specific work on locating and developing an
1987. eastern repository for high-level nuclear waste;
BALLOT TITLE selection Insist that the United States Department of Energy's site
process, when resumed, considers all acceptable geologic
media and results in safe,scientifically justified and regionally and
geographically equitable high-level nuclear waste disposal;
gox, (4) Demand that federal budget actions fully and completely
follow the intent of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act;
qim !r% (5) Continue to pursue alliances with other states and inter-
Id–
ested parties,particularly with Pacific Northwest Governors,legis-
roposi � latures and other parties,affected by the site selection process and
r8pt�srtorYes geaY 1Q p transportation of high-level nuclear waste;and
PURI't � i�a e� � bite
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(6) Assure that Oregon, because of its close geographic and
geologic proximity to the proposed Hanford site, be accorded the
same status under federal law as a state in which a high-level nuclear
vials aAd' a�Yor
oteg ttat• off repository is proposed to be located.
allow tt SECTION 3. Within 10 days high-1 evel s after the effective date of this�tC���e��reposfi� _: Y
Act, the Secretary of State shall transmit copies of this Act,
including the voter referendum results, to the President of the
1 � United States,the United States Department of Energy,the Presi-
provl�.ot dent of the United States Senate, the Speaker of the House of
Representatives,each member of Congress and the Governors and
legislatures of the other 49 states.
AN ACT SECTION 4. The ballot title for the measure referred to in
section 5 of this Act shall be:
Relating to the site selection for a high-level nuclear waste
repository;creating new provisions;and providing that this Act be
referred to the people for their approval or rejection. STATE ROLE IN SELECTION
OF HIGH-LEVEL NUCLEAR
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon: WASTE REPOSITORY SITE
Question: Shall state officials continue challenges to federal
SECTION 1. The Legislative Assembly and the people of the selection process for high-level nuclear waste repositories and seek a
State of Oregon find that: greater role for Oregon?
(1)In order to solve the problem of high-level radioactive waste Purpose: Directs state officials and agencies to continue activi-
disposal, Congress established a process for selecting two sites for g
the safe,permanent and regionally equitable disposal of such waste. ties to challenge federal selection process for high-level nuclear
(2) The process of selecting three sites as final candidates, Waste repositories.Directs state officials and agencies to seek status
for Oregon that would allow Oregon a greater role in the process of
including the Hanford reservation in the State of Washington,for a
selecting high-level radioactive waste repository.
first high-level nuclear waste repository by the United States
Department of Energy violated the intent and the mandate of
Congress.
(3)The United States Department of Energy has prematurely SECTION 5. This Act shall be submitted to the people for
deferred consideration of numerous potential sites and disposal their approval
tat alar rejection at the next special election held through-
media that its own research indicates are more appropriate, safer out the a state.
and less expensive.
(4) Placement of a repository at Hanford without methodical
and independently verified scientific evaluation threatens the
health and safety of the people and the environment of this state.
(5)The selection process is flawed and not credible because it
did not include independent experts in the selection of the sites and
in the review of the selected sites,as recommended by the National
Academy of Sciences.
(6) By postponing indefinitely all site specific work for an
eastern repository,the United States Department of Energy has not
complied with the intent of Congress expressed in the Nuclear
Waste Policy Act,Public Law 97-425,and the fundamental compro-
mise which enabled its enactment.
SECTION 2. In order to achieve complete compliance with
federal law and protect the health,safety and welfare of the people of
the State of Oregon, the Legislative Assembly, other state-wide
officials and state agencies shall use all legal means necessary to:
(1) Suspend the preliminary site selection process for a high-
level nuclear waste repository,including the process of site charac-
terization,until there is compliance with the intent of the Nuclear
Waste Policy Act;
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Measure No. 1 0 EGONF
EXPLANATION ARGUMENT IN FAVOR
This measure directs state officials and agencies to use all legal The Oregon Legislature, by unanimous vote, urges you to
means available to challenge the selection of the Hanford Nuclear vote"yes"on Ballot Measure#1.
Reservation in Washington State as one of three possible saes for High-level nuclear wastes,toxic for hundreds of thousands of years,
the permanent disposal of high-level nuclear waste from the nation's have been building up at commercial nuclear power plants through-
nuclear power plants. out the country. Over 80% of those plants are located east of the
In order to solve the problem of radioactive waste disposal, Mississippi River.
Congress, in the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, established a In 1986, the U.S Department of Energy selected the Hanford
process for selecting two sites for the safe and permanent disposal of Nuclear Reservation on the Columbia River in Southeastern Wash-
commercial waste.One site was to be in the western United States ington as one of three potential sites in the nation to permanently
and one was to be in the eastern United States. dispose of these deadly wastes.
The federal government's Department of Energy has identified In addition, contrary to the requirements of Federal law, they
Hanford as one of three possible sites in the western United States suspended all work on an eastern repository, favoring, instead, a
for the disposal of radioactive waste.Hanford could be chosen as the single dump-site in the west.
disposal site for much of the nation's radioactive waste from Ballot Measure#1 declares that the Hanford selection pro-
commercial nuclear power plants and nuclear weapons production cess has violated the intent and mandate of the 1982
facilities. Nuclear Waste Policy Act.
This measure states that the Department of Energy's process It finds that the Federal Government has not considered other
for selecting a site violates the intent of Congress. potentially more suitable sites.Further,that a repository at Hanf-
Specifically,this measure finds that: ord,due to the natural fissures in the basalt rock proposed to hold
1) The Department of Energy failed to investigate many sites the waste and its proximity to the Columbia River,would threaten
that its own research showed to be safer and less expensive than the health and safety of Oregon citizens.
Hanford. For evidence, we need only to quote from U.S. Department of
2) The Department of Energy did not use independent Energy internal documents:
experts to review its site selection decisions as recommended by the "[of all the sites considered]for all reasonable assumptions
National Academy of Sciences. and weightings,the Hanford site ranked last."
3) Placement of a waste site at Hanford without scien- "Most significantly,the Hanford site is in all cases ranked
tifically-sound evalution could threaten the health and safety of the last. . .regardless of the relative weight assignment. . .
people and environment of Oregon. This is so because it is ranked last for all sets of assump-
4) The Department of Energy,against the specific intent of tions. . "
Congress,has postponed indefinitely any further work on locating a Based on this and other documentation,we can only conclude that
second waste site in the eastern United States. the selection of Hanford was a political decision,not a logical one.
This measure directs state officials and agencies to use all legal By voting "yes" on Ballot Measure #1 Oregonians can
means to challenge the radioactive waste site selection process.The direct their elected officials to fight for Oregon's rights,
Governor, the Legislative Assembly, and other statewide elected using all legal means available.
officials and state agencies are asked to do everything they can to: We will be joining Washington voters who, last November, by a
1) Suspend the federal selection process until there is com- 84-16% margin, objected to the process by which Hanford was
pliance with the intent of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act. selected.
2) Urge the Secretary of Energy to immediately begin work on Together,our voices will be heard!
selecting a second site in the eastern United States.
3) Insist that the Department of Energy's selection process Joint Legislative
results in the safest possible disposal site. Committee Members: Appointed by:
4) Continue to pursue agreements with other states affected Senator Jan Wyers President of the Senate
by the siting or transportation of nuclear waste. Representative Wayne Fawbush Speaker of the House
Representative Verner Anderson Speaker of the House
The Nuclear Waste Policy Act gives a special status in the site
selection process to states in which a high-level nuclear waste
disposal site may be located.This measure directs Oregon officials port of the ballot tmeasure pursuant tovORS legislative
51245.)argument in sup
and agencies to seek the same role for Oregon.
Within ten days after this measure becomes effective,a copy of
the Act, together with the election results, is to be sent to the
President of the United States, the United States Department of
Energy,the President of the United States Senate,the Speaker of The printing of this argument does not constitute an endorse-
the House of Representatives, each member of Congress, and the ment by the State of Oregon, nor does the state warrant the
Governor and legislatures of the other 49 states. accuracy or truth of any statement made in the argument.
Committee Members: Appointed by:
Lawretta Morris Secretary of State
Eugene Rosolie Secretary of State
Mary McCauley Burrows Secretary of State
Senator Bill Bradbury President of the Senate
Representative Ron Cease Speaker of the House
(This Committee was appointed to provide an impartial explanation
of the ballot measure pursuant to ORS 251.215.)
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CONTINUED
STITE
Measure No. 1 0 EGONF
ARGUMENT IN FAVOR ARGUMENT IN FAVOR
— VOTE YES — Utilizing the Hanford site as a repository for nuclear wastes
BUT HOW CAN WE POINT THE FINGER AT HANFORD from all parts of the nation is a nighmarish scenerio that justifiably
AND NOT SEE TROJAN? frightens every resident of the Pacific Northwest. We support
FACT: ON JUNE 13, 1986, WE STATED IN THE Measure No.1 because we feel it urgent and proper that Oregonians
OREGONIAN- be given an opportunity, as have the people of Washington, to
"For 30 years, the nuclear industry has assured us that the register their protests.
problem of nuclear wastes would soon be solved. The people of Of major concern to us is Hanford's proximity to the Columbia
Oregon relied upon this promise when they allowed the Trojan River and the resultant saturation threat to the region.The City of
Nuclear Plant to store its wastes in a temporary holding tank until a Portland, for example, has decided to drill deep wells in east
permanent repository was available. A review of events suggests Multnomah County a couple of miles from the Columbia. These
that a federal repository may never be licensed and that the Trojan wells are projected as a source of supply to substitute for,or blend
site may therefore be with us in perpetuity." with, Bull Run water should the turbidity of the latter exceed
FACT: OUR ARGUMENT IN THE NOVEMBER 1986 Finking water standards. Seepage from a nuclear waste contami-
VOTERS PAMPHLET STATED: nated river was not originally a factor.
"7f we wish to make our case against Hanford, we must have Why the wells?And why the potential for turbidity?
something more to say than`not here.'We must show that we alone In 1904 Congress passed the Bull Run Trespass Act, setting
have learned the great lesson — We must stop producing aside the preserve as a perpetual source of pure water for the City of
nuclear wastes in the mistaken belief that someone will Portland and adjoining areas,thereby stipulating no intrusion that
come along and take it safely away." might diminish water quality. The Forest Service, in violation of
FACT: ON OCTOBER 16, 1986, THE MAJORITY CON- this act,conducted logging operations in the area,but were ordered
CLUSIONS OF A COMMITTEE REPORT TO THE to halt such activity by court action in 1976. Special interests,
CITY CLUB OF PORTLAND,STATED: however,prevailed upon Congress to replace the Bull Run Trespass
"There is now no safe method of permanently disposing of Act with P.L.95-200,legalizing logging in the area.
spent nuclear fuel. The continued production and accumulation of Logging at Bull Run,we maintain,poses an acute potential for
such nuclear wastes poses a present health risk and an unpredict- turbidity,which will trigger use of Multnomah County's deep wells
able threat to the health of future generations and the environmen- which,in turn,are threatened by nuclear waste contamination from
tal quality of the nation." the Columbia River.
FACT: OCTOBER 19 8 6, K I R B Y B R U M F I E L D, The purity of our water in watersheds throughout the state,
ENERGY INFORMATION SPECIALIST AND whether threatened by nuclear waste at Hanford or through pollu-
12 YEAR EMPLOYEE OF PGE,STATES: tion by other means, is a priority concern of all citizens. We seek
"For 30 years the nuclear industry has promised high-level rejection of Hanford as a nuclear waste depository and urge,further,
radiation storage facilities are just around the corner. But just that appropriate authorities be prevailed upon to undertake inde-
around the corner'has now been pushed forward to the turn of the pendent scientific monitoring of Bull Run and other watersheds to
century.I am pro-nuclear,but until we have a permanent repository pin-point any water degradation that may be caused by logging or
for major nuclear waste, I have no choice but to support . . . all other activities.
Oregon nuclear plants be shut down." Following enactment by the people of Measure No. 1,we shall
FACT: ON FEBRUARY 2, 1987 GOVERNOR GOLD- intensify circulation of a petition calling for independent scientific
SCHMIDT TESTIFIES BEFORE THE U.S. SEN- monitoring of all our watersheds and urging Congress to reinstate
ATE COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND NATU- the Bull Run Trespass Act.
RAL RESOURCES: For pure water and for the health of our region,Vote YES on
"The accidents at Three Mile Island and Chernobyl are thank Measure No. 1.
God,behind us.But,there is clear and disturbing evidence that pre-
Three Mile Island and pre-Chernobyl mindsets persist today.Those Submitted by Frank Gearhart,President
mindsets are afraid or unwilling to look at technical and scientific CITIZENS INTERESTED IN BULL RUN,
judgments and ask:"What if we are wrong?" INC.
FACT: On February 13, 1987 Forelaws on Board filed a 2103 N.E.24th Ct.
new initiative petition to stop production of Gresham,Oregon 97030
nuclear waste at Trojan until there is a federally
licensed repository.
STOP HANFORD! (This space purchased for$300 in accordance with ORS 251.255.)
STOP TROJAN.OREGON'S HANFORD!
GET INVOLVED!
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ment Lloyd by the State of Oregon, nor does the state warrant the
y accuracy or truth of any statement made in the argument.
Don't Waste Oregon Committee
320 SW Stark#517
Portland,OR 97204
(503)228-0734
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The printing of this argument does not constitute an endorsement
by the State of Oregon,nor does the state warrant the accuracy or
truth of any statement made in the argument.
Official 1987 Special Election Voters'Pamphlet 5
CONTINUED
Measure No. 1
STATE OF
ARGUMENT IN FAVOR ARGUMENT IN FAVOR
NUCLEAR PROMOTION VS.PUBLIC SAFETY ARGUMENT IN FAVOR OF BALLOT MEASURE#1
A Personal Statement TRANSPORTING NUCLEAR WASTE: AN IMMEDIATE
From State Representative Judith Bauman DANGER TO OREGONIANS
• HANFORD—THE RISK If Hanford is selected as a permanent dump site for high level
radioactive waste, Oregon's highways will become a gateway for
Sixty-two percent of the nation's defense wastes are stored at Han- more than 177,000 truckloads of dangerous materials.
ford.Over 53 million gallons of radioactive waste.ALREADY.If
Hanford became the national dump,6,000 waste shipments a year Think about it.
would be trucked through Oregon — 70,000 tons of high level It is equivalent to one truckload of deadly waste every 90 minutes,
nuclear waste. twenty-four hours each day,each and every day of the year for thirty
to forty years. To propose that this could happen without
• AN ACCIDENT—WHO PAYS? major accidents and radioactive spills is absurd.
I ask you to vote yes on Ballot Measure#1,and I believe you should Anyone who has ever driven the treacherous stretch on Cabbage Hill
be aware of the special insurance deal given to protect the nuclear east of Pendleton understands Interstate 84's notorious reputation
industry from the costs of their own risky business — the Price- among truck drivers.In 1986,Oregon witnessed an average of
Anderson Act.The coverage provided to potential victims by one hazardous spill a day.
Price-Anderson is inadequate. Estimates place the cost of a It makes no sense to unnecessarily endanger the lives and health of
nuclear accident at ranges from$56 to 314 billion.Price-Anderson hundreds of thousands of people by trucking high-level radioactive
currently limits payments to$640 million. The public—includ- waste clear across the country for disposal — 80% of the waste
ing direct victims of the accident — would pay the dif- destined for the Hanford site will come from 91 commercial nuclear
ference.Your utility company and their insurance company can't power plants east of the Mississippi River.The rest will come from
afford the risk.Is this a risk you can afford? the 7 nuclear plants located in the west.
• INSURANCE DEAL OF THE CENTURY (HANFORD ALREADY AND SAFETYENS OUR HEALTH
The Price-Anderson Act was requested in 1957 by corporations We cannot allow the Department of Energy to add to the dangers
seeking to develop the nuclear industry.Its purpose was to promote Oregonians already face from Hanford:
their business by protecting them from the costs of full insurance — 40 years of unsafe military radioactive waste stored at Han-
coverage. The Act covers storage, disposal, and transports- ford are now leaking into the soil and groundwater;
tion of nuclear waste and fuel.It means that all of us subsidize plans to restart the N Reactor, similar in design to the
the nuclear industry by assuming their risks.Risks they claim they —
can't afford.Risks they—not we—control. Chernobyl plant, without considering the environmental
consequences;
• SAFETY FIRST — the accident-prone PUREX plant leaks plutonium,the most
I have proposed to the legislature a bill—HJM 7 —which carcinogenic substance on earth,into the air.
would send our message to Congress:insurance policies for We don't need the additional problems a commercial waste site
nuclear industries—like waste dump policies—need to be would bring.
based upon public safety, not political or economic cone- (OREGONIANS MUST UNITE)
nience. With Measure#1,we can join with Washington state to oppose the
NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE RISKS ARE NOT ONES THAT Federal Department of Energy's politically motivated attempt to
RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT PLACES ON CITIZEN locate a dump at Hanford.
BYSTANDERS. PLEASE REMIND YOUR LEGISLA- Ballot measure#1 is an important first step to solving the problems
TOR TO SUPPORT HJM 7. AND VOTE YES ON BALLOT at Hanford.Please joint us in voting yes.
MEASURE#1. Senator Jan Wyers Representative Wayne Fawbush
(D-Portland) (D-Hood River)
Submitted by: Rep.Judith Bauman
5527 SE 54th Ave Submitted by: Sally Cross
Portland,OR 97206 The Oregon Committee to Stop Hanford
408 SW 2nd,#431
(This space purchased for$300 in accordance with ORS 251.255.) Portland,Oregon 97204
(This space purchased for$300 in accordance with ORS 251.255.)
The printing of this argument does not constitute an endorsement
by the State of Oregon,nor does the state warrant the accuracy or
truth of any statement made in the argument. The printing of this argument does not constitute an endorse-
ment by the State of Oregon, nor does the state warrant the
accuracy or truth of any statement made in the argument.
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Measure No. 1 OREGONF
ARGUMENT IN FAVOR ARGUMENT IN FAVOR
The Department of Energy selected Hanford as one of three finalists AN OPEN STATEMENT TO THE PEOPLE OF OREGON
for a repository for the nation's commercial nuclear waste. The "I will be as harsh as truth,and as uncompromis-
guidelines specified that radioactivity must be contained for 10,000 ing as justice. s this subject, I u not wish s-
years. However, these lethal wastes will affect the Northwest for speak, or write, with moderation. No!think, or a
hundreds of thousands of years. p
GEOLOGISTS TELL US HANFORD IS NOT AN ACCEPT- No! Tell a man whose house is on fire, to give a
ABLE SITE moderate alarm;tell him to moderately rescue his
wife from the hands of the ravisher;tell the mother
The Hanford site is in fractured,faulted basalt,a medium not to gradually extricate her babe from the fire into
being considered for nuclear waste storage anywhere else in the which it has fallen; — but urge me not to use
world.The fractures make it difficult to predict where leakage moderation in a cause like the present. I am in
or contamination of groundwater may occur. Groundwater is earnest—I will not equivocate—I will not excuse
the most likely pathway for long term release of nuclear wastes —I will not retreat a single inch —AND I WILL
into the Columbia River,five miles from the site. BEHEARD."
THE MAJOR PROBLEM IS POTENTIAL CONTAMINA- William Lloyd Garrison
TION OF THE COLUMBIA RIVER
In the 1800's William Lloyd Garrison spoke to slavery;I choose
— For fishermen — The Columbia is a critical spawning
habitat for salmon and steelhead. to speak to nuclear power.
For farmers o The Columbia is used for irrigation of The Oregon Legislature has provided us an opportunity to vote
crops,and also could flow into groundwater. on whether Hanford should become a repository for the nation's
high level radioactive waste.I share these concerns.But I believe we
— For tourists — Recreational uses of the Columbia River are doing a disservice not only to present Oregonians but to future
region brings hundreds of thousands of dollars into the local generations if we ignore reality. From the mining of uranium, its
economy. fissioning,to the final disposal of high-level radioactive waste and
THE FUTURE OF THE COLUMBIA RIVER REGION AND the companion production of nuclear weapons we are visiting
THE NORTHWEST ECONOMY DEPENDS UPON DECI- irreversible impacts upon this earth. Ask the traditional Indian
SIONS MADE REGARDING HANFORD. people who are losing their homes in Big Mountain.Ask the Atomic
Contamination of the entire Columbia River basin could ultimately Veterans of World War II,the victims of fallout from above ground
lead to destruction of an invaluable agricultural resource for the nuclear testing,the uranium miners,or the people left with aban-
entire nation. doned piles of radioactive mine overburden and inadequately dis-
Sixty-two percent of the nation's military waste is already stored at posed mill tailings.Ask the 150,000 people in the Soviet Union who
Hanford in leaking tanks, ditches, ponds and trenches. We must lived in the vicinity of Chernobyl and are not going home.Ask the
clean up this existing waste, not add an additional 70,000 people of Europe facing the prospect of 500,000 projected cancer
tons of high level nuclear waste. fatalities. Ask yourself: Who are the next victims of this
A YES vote on Measure#1 will send a strong,clear message to the biological experiment?"
Administration and Congress that Oregon wants the decision on the It is easy for Oregon politicians to point the finger at Hanford
national nuclear repository to be based on the best possible scientific and ignore Trojan's daily contribution to the growing backlog of
evidence,not political considerations.. undisposed high-level nuclear waste.Hanford is a popular issue.In
l 1986,when Ballot Measure 14 proposed shutting down Trojan until
Pease join the Oregon Hanford Oversite Committee in voting YES Measure#1. there is a federally licensed repository, PGE spent a record $2.5
on million to defeat this measure. What politician has pointed the
finger at PGE for using your resources against your own best
Submitted by: Jackie Kling interest.From the governor on down,few are willing to take a stand
View Point Terrace against the utilities.Instead,Bills like HJR 17 are proposed to alter
9400 e K
Portland,Oregon Point T the initiative process making it difficult for citizens to create law;
changing the rules when we come close to success.Next it will be the
voters pamphlet.
(This space purchased for$300 in accordance with ORS 251.255.) The Hanford Referendum is an easy victory. The real issues
will not be resolved.Only you can do that by having the courage to
demand complete accountability:
The printing of this argument does not constitute an endorsement "To free a nation from error is to enlighten the
by the State of Oregon,nor does the state warrant the accuracy or individual and it is only to the degree that an
truth of any statement made in the argument. individual is receptive of the truth that a nation
can be free from that vanity which ends in national
ruin."
Homer Lee
Submitted by: Lloyd K.Marbet
19142 S.Bakers Ferry Rd.
Boring,Oregon 97009
(This space purchased for$300 in accordance with ORS 251.255.)
The printing of this argument does not constitute an endorse-
ment by the State of Oregon, nor does the state warrant the
accuracy or truth of any statement made in the argument.
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CONTINUED
STATE
Measure No. 1 0 EGONF
ARGUMENT IN FAVOR ARGUMENT IN FAVOR
VOTE`YES'on MEASURE No. l WE ALL BEAR THE COSTS OF INADEQUATELY
IRRADIATED FOOD FUELS THE ARMS RACE: DISPOSED RADIOACTIVE WASTE!
"THE HANFORD CONNECTION" THE CITIZENS UTILITY BOARD OF OREGON(CUB)
URGES
The PUREX (Plutonium-URanium EXtraction) plant at A YES VOTE
Hanford is where the Pentagon gets its plutonium for nuclear ON BALLOT MEASURE ONE
weapons.An extremely hazardous waste byproduct produced from WHO PAYS FOR HANFORD?
this process is cesium-137. Cesium-137 generates 50%of the heat YOU DO!
and 55% of the radioactivity from all radioactive wastes.Addi-
tionally, it is water soluble, making leaks and spills nearly Every time you pay you electric bill your are charged a
impossible to contain. The U.S.Department of Energy(DOE)plans disposal fee for radioactive waste created at the Trojan Nuclear
eventually to extract this deadly isotope from spent fuel left over Power Plant and the Washington Public Power Supply System
from the nation's 100-plus nuclear power plants(TROJAN being Nuclear Plant#2.Every time you pay your state and federal taxes
just one of these). The Cesium-137 will then be placed in steel you are charged for programs regulating the transportation and
capsules and shipped out to 1,000 food irradiators across the nation disposal of radioactive waste.
—to `treat'the food we all eat with radiation. HAVE TAXPAYERS AND UTILITY CONSUMERS
The U.S. DOE is now building six demonstration irradiators, GOTTEN THEIR MONEY'S WORTH?
one of which will be transportable for irradiating produce in the NO!
Pacific Northwest. And all this will be paid for with YOUR
TAX DOLLARS! You are paying for a waste disposal site selection process which
WHAT ELSE WILL FOOD IRRADIATION DO FOR YOU? has been deliberately manipulated by the United States Department
of Energy in an effort to bring 70,000 tons of the nations high level
FOOD IRRADIATION. (1) increases the cost of food; (2) nuclear waste to Hanford, Washington; 80% from nuclear power
decreases its nutritional value; (3) can create dangerous plants east of the Mississippi River. All of this has been done
radiolytic products within food; (4) is used in addition to contrary to scientific evidence which shows both actual and poten-
pesticides and herbicides already applied to food; and (5), tial radioactive contamination of the Columbia River through
contrary to myth,does not even greatly extend shelf life— groundwater flowing from the Hanford site.
but in fact, causes many foods to rot faster! It will cause
widespread transport of high-level radioactive material on THE WORST FEDERAL WASTE IS NUCLEAR WASTE!
our roads and the construction and operation of irradiators AND IT'S FOREVERMORE
in our communities.Its use will only encourage the further In 1984, 637,698 Oregon voters approved creation of the
production of nuclear weapons. . . . Citizens Utility Board to represent utility consumers before legisla-
The U.S. Food&Drug Administration (FDA) does not tive,administrative,and judicial bodies,and to advocate forcefully
require that the food industry label or othewise inform and vigorously concerning all matters of public policy affecting the
consumers that approved foods (if they are ingredients in health, welfare and economic well-being of the people of Oregon.
processed foods) have been treated with radiation prior to Since 1984,CUB has intervened in numerous telephone and electric
marketing. utility rate cases, saving ratepayers millions of dollars. We have
The OREGON COALITION TO STOP FOOD IRRA- taken on issues,like Hanford,in order to protect present and future
DIATION is sponsoring House Bill 3077,which would ban the generations who must pay the long term price of the utility technolo-
manufacture, distribution and sale of irradiated foods in Oregon. gies we currently use to serve our needs.We need your help and
The coalition is also in the process of filing an initiative petition encourage you to join the Citizens Utility Board. Write or
which would accomplish the same goal,should the legislature fail to call us at:
act. Citizens Utility Board of Oregon
The nuclear industry will lobby hard to defeat this measure and P.O.Box 6345
strong public support is urgently needed.To find out what you can Portland,Oregon 97228
do to help protect Oregonians from this insidious industry,give us a (503)227-1984
call at 239-5014.
BREAK THE HANFORD CONNECTION& STOP IRRA-
DIATION OF OUR FOOD! Submitted by: Robert Ackerman,CUB Chair
OREGON COALITION TO STOP FOOD IRRADIATION 2637 S.W.Water Ave.
2345 S.E.Gladstone Portland,OR 97201
Portland,OR 97202
239-5014 (This space purchased for$300 in accordance with ORS 251.255.)
Submitted by: Mark G.Myers
Co-director O.C.S.F.I.
2345 S.E.Gladstone The printing of this argument does not constitute an endorse-
Portland,OR 97202 ment by the State of Oregon, nor does the state warrant the
accuracy or truth of any statement made in the argument.
(This space purchased for$300 in accordance with ORS 251.255.)
The printing of this argument does not constitute an endorsement
by the State of Oregon,nor does the state warrant the accuracy or
truth of any statement made in the argument.
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Measure No. 1 OSIAIE
REGONF
ARGUMENT IN FAVOR ARGUMENT IN FAVOR
YES ON MEASURE #1: TO STOP THE HANFORD DUMP Oregon must do everything possible to prevent the Department of
AND CLEAN UP THE SITE Energy's siting a nuclear waste dump at Hanford. At least 77,000
tons of high level radioactive waste from nuclear plants could be
As Oregon's senior Senator,Governor and Congressman,we believe permanently buried near the Columbia River, despite Hanford's
Measure #1 is a vital link in the strategy to block the federal deplorable record of leaking wastes and contaminating our soil,air,
government from establishing a nuclear waste dump site at Hanford and water.
and to clean up 40 years worth of nuclear wastes that are leaking into HANFORD: ALREADY A THREAT TO OREGON'S
the environment. ENVIRONMENT,HEALTH,AND ECONOMY
With a resounding YES vote on Measure #1, we will tell the The PUREX plutonium refining plant routinely emits radioactive
Department of Energy to get politics out of the site selection isotopes into the air,and pours radioactive liquids into the ground,
process. On a scientific basis, Hanford rates dead last among disregarding health effects on those who live downwind and down-
potential dump sites. stream from Hanford.The aging N-Reactor at Hanford,one of the
With a resounding YES vote on Measure #1, Oregon's full weight few American plants similar in design to the Soviet Chernobyl
will be behind efforts to protect the Columbia River from radioac- reactor,sits on the Columbia River and releases radioactive wastes
tive wastes already dumped at Hanford. into the soil,groundwater,and the Columbia.
With a resounding YES vote on Measure #1, this region will tell NUCLEAR WASTES STORED AT HANFORD ARE
Congress and the Department of Energy that we won't be made the LEAKING NOW
shipping route and dumping grounds for poisons from the arms race. As the nation's largest producer of materials for nuclear weapons,
We are working together on these efforts. To us,these are crucial Hanford has generated almost 17 million cubic feet of high level
measures in our efforts to reinvigorate Oregon's economy. radioactive waste.The main storage for these dangerous wastes are
unlined holes in the ground,and leaking storage tanks.
Your YES vote on May 19th is important.Because: LET'S CLEAN UP THE EXISTING WASTE PROBLEMS
• A YES vote requires Oregon to continue the fight against the AT HANFORD, NOT DUMP 77,000 TONS OF WASTE
proposed dump. ONTO THE PROBLEM
• A YES vote strengthens Oregon's bid for an official role in More than 250,000 people live within 50 miles of the Hanford site,
any consideration of Hanford as a permanent nuclear waste dump. most of them downwind and downstream in the Columbia River
• A YES vote continues the fight to protect the Oregon region. After 40 years of exposure to dangers from Hanford, the
economy and all that makes Oregon so special. Department of Energy and Congress owe it to all of us to clean up
Hanford,shut down the N-Reactor and close up the PUREX plant.
Please join us in voting YES on Ballot Measure#1.We thank you. A YES vote on Measure#1 is an important step towards that goal.
Senator Mark Hatfield Governor Neil Goldschmidt Please join us in voting to Stop Hanford.
105 Pioneer Courthouse 207 State Capitol Senator Bill Bradbury Rep.Judy Bauman
Portland,OR 97204 Salem,OR 97310 Senate Majority Leader D-Portland
Congressman Les AuCoin Senator Joan Dukes Rep.Ron Cease
1716 Federal Bldg. D-Astoria Chair,House Energy and
1220 S.W.3rd Ave. Environment Committee
Portland,OR 97204
Rep.Shirley Gold Rep.Nancy Peterson
House Majority Leader D-Ashland
Submitted by: Don Skinner Rep.Mike McCracken Senator Joyce Cohen
Oregon Committee to Stop Hanford Member,Citizens'Forum on Member,Citizens'Forum on
408 SW 2nd Ave.,Rm.431 Hanford Nuclear Defense Waste Hanford Nuclear Defense Waste
Portland,OR 97204 U.S.D.O.E. U.S.D.O.E.
Senator Jane Cease
(This space purchased for$300 in accordance with ORS 251.255.) Member,Citizens'Forum on
Hanford Nuclear Defense Waste
U.S.D.O.E.
The printing of this argument does not constitute an endorsement
by the State of Oregon,nor does the state warrant the accuracy or Submitted by: Don Skinner
truth of any statement made in the argument. Oregon Committee to Stop Hanford
408 S.W.2nd Ave.,Rm.431
Portland,OR 97204
(This space purchased for$300 in accordance with ORS 251.255.)
The printing of this argument does not constitute an endorse-
ment by the State of Oregon, nor does the state warrant the
accuracy or truth of any statement made in the argument.
NO ARGUMENTS OPPOSING THIS BALLOT MEA-
SURE WERE FILED WITH THE SECRETARY OF
STATE.
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CONTINUED
Measure No. 2 OREGON
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 3—Referred to the Electorate of EXPLANATION
Oregon by the 1987 Legislature, to be voted on at the Special
Election,May 19,1987.
BALLOT TITLE This measure amends the Oregon Constitution and authorizes
legislation to prevent school closures. It allows a school district to
continue to levy property taxes,without additional voter approval,
�E)NTINt7ES 1EaI8't'ING LEVIES T4 no greater than those last approved by the voters.This measure does
PREVENT'SC�if1kOL CLEItiSUEESs TAX not affect the tax base of the school district,nor authorize levies for
2 BASE ELECTIONS 0 any year other than the one in which it is used.
UES 'IfN Should school districts, to con- ! If this measure is approved, a school district may levy one of the
Q YRSI following in any year for operating purposes:
time same property tax levies last approved by voters;, (1) Its tax base as defined under current law and any addi-
submtt annual Tp NO Ll tional taxes approved by district voters for that year;or
PURPOSE- Authorixes'school distriots to levy property. (2) An amount that is no higher than the amount last
takes
for operations"no,;greater than the amount levied' approved by district voters.
for(operations in the prior year;without mdditional voter If,by the end of September of any year,the school board determines
approval` Ttrplemetss late•regtaig that,if,a school it cannot operate a standard school,as defined by the State Board of
board tnds that schools" olpse for lack of funds,the Education,due to lack of sufficient financial resources,the school
board shall e€utltort apd'40t't
the,4i strict budget ; board is required to:
to maidtain'stndartl solaoo
Sets third"Tuesday,inn �Iay,as annual tat base (1) Adjust the district budget to provide a standard school for
election date for school distnets a full school year with no more property taxes than were
last levied;and
(2) Levy taxes in an amount that result in a total levy for the
Be It Resolved by the Legislative Assembly of the State of year of no more than were levied the previous year.
Oregon: A standard school must be one that meets the legal requirement that
all school districts must meet in order to receive state basic school
support funding.
PARAGRAPH 1.The Constitution of the State of Oregon is After the levy,the school district may not seek voter approval for
amended by creating a new section l la to be added to and made a
part of Article XI,and to read: any other levies for that school year.
SECTION 1la. (1)Notwithstanding section 11 of this Arti- This measure affects only operating levies and not bond debt levies
cle,in any year,a school district may levy ad valorem property taxes or other capital construction levies.
for operating purposes in an amount that,together with other levies, This measure limits school districts to one tax base election each
is not in excess of the amount levied for operating purposes in the Year on the third Tuesday in May. Current law limits tax base
preceding year. elections to the May primary election and the November general
(2)A levy referred to in subsection(1)of this section shall not election in each even numbered year.
be considered in determining the limitation imposed under section
11 of this Article.
(3)Notwithstanding subsection(5)of section 11 of this Article, Committee Members: Appointed St
the question of establishing a new tax base b a school district may Senator Eugene Timms Secretary of State
q g Y Y Representative Mike Kopetaki Secretary of State
be submitted only once annually on a date specified by the Legisla- Senator Rod Monroe President of the Senate
tive Assembly. Representative Carl Hosticka Speaker of the House
(4) The Legislative Assembly shall by law implement this Ron Chastain Members of the Committee
section.Notwithstanding sections 1 and 28,Article IV and section
la, Article IX of this Constitution, the initial legislation, chapter (This Committee was appointed to provide an impartial explanation
, Oregon Laws 1987 (Enrolled Senate Bill 278), shall take of the ballot measure pursuant to ORS 251.215.)
effect on the effective date of this section.
PARAGRAPH 2. The amendment proposed by this resolu-
tion shall be submitted to the people for their approval or rejection
at a special election held throughout this state on May 19,1987.
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CONTINUED
ITATE Measure No. 2 OREGONF
ARGUMENT IN FAVOR ARGUMENT IN FAVOR
The safety net will keep schools open without raising taxes.It Argument in Favor
may also increase local control by giving voters a benchmark,in the Measure No.2
form of last year's taxes, to help them decide whether additional This measure will help keep schools open for our children and I
spending and taxes are justified. will vote"Yes".I am concerned,however,that voters'control over
The schools can also use this benchmark to explain why their school district's budget is reduced with this measure.And—
additional spending and taxes may be needed. darn it,it doesn't do anything for property tax relief.
The safety net is not a new way to finance schools and isn't Like you,I am angry that neither this measure,the legislature
intended to solve every problem in every school district. It is only nor Governor Goldschmidt intends to do anyting to reduce property
intended to keep schools open after all else fails, without raising taxes on our homes. Instead,the legislature and the Governor are
taxes. now reducing State funding for property tax relief by$150 million a
The school board is still responsible for running the district, year. Beginning this year property taxes on each homeowner will
and the public will still have the final word by voting on tax base increase $100. Taxes will increase $50 on every renter. This will
increases and/or operating levies(taxes)that exceed the prior year. happen to you—even if there is no increase in the property tax levy
We have heard the argument that districts that are forced to in your tax code area.
rely on the safety net will become "have-not" districts, but this Will you fight back? Will you collect signatures on an
need not be true.The public has responded in the past to the needs Initiative and/or Referendum petitions?
of the students.The zero growth safety net takes away the threat
of"approve the whole levy or we will close the school"and gives the If you will help collect signatures on any of the following issues
school board a clear opportunity to describe what services or or measures(or want more information)please write or call!You'll
programs will be affected and to what extent. be directed to existing petition drives.Or we'll start petition drives if
The safety net option is better.It is an improvement for both there is enough interest.
the taxpayers and the schools.It will make the choices clearer and • Provide property tax relief by exempting $25,000 of your
will do so while keeping the schools open without increasing taxes. home's value from property taxes. Provide equivalent tax
relief for renters.
Joint Legislative • Limit political campaign expenditures.
Committee Members: Appointed by:
• Stop mandatory seatbelts for those over 16 years,if adopted
Senator Jane Cease President of the Senate
Representative Bruce Hugo Speaker of the House by the legislature.'
Representative John Schoon Speaker of the House • Reduce field burning to improve air quality?
• Stop timber harvesting and clear-cutting in metropolitan
(This Committee appointed to provide legislative argument in sup- Portland's water shed,the Bull Run Reserve.
Port of the ballot measure pursuant to ORS 251.245.)
• Close Trojan nuclear power plant until radioactive wastes are
safely stored.2
• Stop Governor Goldschmidt's proposed increased taxes on
The printing of this argument does not constitute an endorsement gasoline and diesel fuel and increased vehicle registration
by the State of Oregon,nor does the state warrant the accuracy or fees.
truth of any statement made in the argument. Please write or call with your name,address,and phone number
if you will gather signatures or help in any way on any of the above
issues.
Wally Priestley
2207 N.E.Ainsworth Street
Portland,Oregon 97211
Phone:(503)281-8276
'The subject of a bill now being pushed through the legislature.
2Petition now being circulated for signatures.
Submitted by: Wally Priestley
2207 N.E.Ainsworth Street
Portland,Oregon 97211
Phone: (503)281-8276
(This space purchased for$300 in accordance with ORS 251.255.)
The printing of this argument does not constitute an endorse-
ment by the State of Oregon, nor does the state warrant the
accuracy or truth of any statement made in the argument.
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CONTINUED
Measure No. 2 EGO F
ARGUMENT IN FAVOR ARGUMENT IN FAVOR
Measure Two is a positive step toward putting control of school SUPPORT MEASURE 2—NO NEW TAXES
costs where it belongs,with the voters and taxpayers of the district. Oregonians finally have an opportunity May 19 to guarantee
Measure Two will eliminate the threat of school closure, and will our children the right to an education without interruptions caused
therefore give the voters and taxpayers a chance to approve or reject
proposed increases in school operating costs without the gun-at-the- by school closures. And we can do it without raising taxes. Ballot
head threat of school closure. Under Measure Two, schools will Measure 2 keeps schools open and keeps control of property tax
levies with local residents.
remain open irrespective of whether voters and taxpayers approve or
reject a proposed increase in operating costs and property taxes. The legislature has referred to the voters a measure without
frills.It will prevent school closures without raising taxes—nothing
In those districts which have no tax base,school costs are subject to more.
a vote every year, but the only choice taxpayers have is to either Now is the time to take kids out of the middle of debates over
approve the tax levy proposed by the schools, or have the schools how Oregon should finance its schools.
close.With that kind of choice,taxpayers in effect have no control
over school operating costs,and the property taxes which result.In THE MEASURE IS SIMPLE AND DIRECT
other words,if you,the voter and taxpayer,want to exercise some . Any school district that must go the voters each year for
reasonable control over school spending and over your property operating funds will be allowed to levy for the next school year the
taxes,you can only do it by closing the schools. same property taxes as last approved by the voters.Automatic
Most school districts have a tax base and are permitted to growth is not allowed.
increase their tax levy by 6% compounded every year without ever • Schools will be required to stay open and operate on the
submitting the increases to a vote.That means that your property previous year's levy unless the voters have approved a larger
taxes can double in 12 years,can triple in 19 years,and can increase amount.Schools cannot close.
by four times in 24 years. All without ever having had the oppor-
tunity to vote on the increases. • The plan makes no changes in districts where voters have
approved a tax base large enough to run the schools without annual
Measure Two does not put full control of school costs in the hands of elections for operating funds.
the voters and taxpayers, that will not be accomplished until the VOTERS ARE STILL IN CONTROL
automatic six percent annual increase is eliminated. But Measure
Two is the first step toward voter and taxpayer control of escalating . No school district can get any more property taxes than
and runaway school operating costs,and it should have the support voters already have approved.To get more,districts must go to the
of all Oregonians who want for our children an excellent education, voters again.
but at a cost which we can afford. • No growth in taxes is allowed for any district that decides to
Vote Yes on Measure Two. use the previous year's levy to keep schools open.
C.U.T.—CUT UNFAIR TAXES— BARE-BONES PLAN TO KEEP OREGON SCHOOLS
1533 E.Burnside— OPEN
Portland,OR 97214— Oregonians agree that educating our children is basic. Ballot
Walt Aman,Treas. Measure 2 closes a big loophole which threatens education, but
allows no loopholes that would raise taxes without voter approval.
Submitted by: Clare Donison,Director GOOD FOR KIDS—GOOD FOR TAXPAYERS.
C.U.T. That's why Oregon voters should approve Ballot Measure 2.
CUT UNFAIR TAXES
1533 E.Burnside Kenny Carr,Neil Goldschmidt,Maurine Neuberger,Lynn Newbry
Portland,OR 97214 Co-chairs
Committee to Prevent School Closures
(This space purchased for$300 in accordance with ORS 251.255.)
Submitted by: Ed Grosswiler,treasurer
The printing o this argument does not constitute an endorsement COMM.LOSU TO PREVENT SCHOOL
P g f g CLOSURES
by the State of Oregon,nor does the state warrant the accuracy or 1241 State St.#201
truth of any statement made in the argument.
Salem,OR 97301
(This space purchased for$300 in accordance with ORS 251.255.)
The printing of this argument does not constitute an endorse-
ment by the State of Oregon, nor does the state warrant the
accuracy or truth of any statement made in the argument.
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Measure No. 2 OIIAIE
REGONF
ARGUMENT IN FAVOR ARGUMENT IN OPPOSITION
SCHOOLS STAY OPEN—EVERYBODY WINS VOTE"NO"on so called"Safety-Net"measure.All Oregonians are
You can now guarantee our children the right to an education concerned about education; but let's look at the facts of this
without the disruption of another school closure. You can do so measure.
without raising taxes and by leaving the decision on property tax DON'T BE FOOLED: THIS MEASURE WILL NOT PRE-
levies where it should be—in the hands of local residents. VENT SCHOOL CLOSURES.
Vote yes on Ballot Measure#2.Your vote can help assure this 1. The words"Safety-Net"or"to prevent school closure"are not
simple and practical solution—and Oregon children will never face found in this measure.It only guarantees School Districts that
another school closure. they will never get anything less than what they are
STOP HOLDING OREGON'S CHILDREN HOSTAGE currently spending.
II. VOTERS WILL HAVE NO CONTROL OVER SCHOOL
Oregon must stop holding our kids hostage while we struggle SPENDING WITH THIS MEASURE.
toward a long-term solution for school finance. This measure A. If school levies are voted down the School Districts can
protects our children's education from the disruption of school automatically levy last year's amount,without voter con-
closures without increasing taxes—nothing more. trol.
NO TAX INCREASE WITHOUT LOCAL VOTER B. This measure does not end expensive multiple elections.
APPROVAL School Districts can hold elections for increased levies 5
Under Ballot Measure #2, if local voters reject increased times before falling back on last year's levy.
property tax levies, schools must stay open, but can only use the III. This measure would provide last year's levy even when enroll-
amount of property tax levies already approved by the voters. ments drop,or rise.
IMPORTANT FOR OREGON'S ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL A. Last year's levy is guaranteed, even when student popula-
HEALTH tions are on the decline,as they are in many Oregon School
Districts.
Oregon is a wonderful state, but we need more jobs. This IV. Districts will be allowed to ask for NEW TAX BASES with
measure sends a simple and direct message to the rest of the country 6%automatic growth EVERY YEAR.
about where Oregon is going.Oregon wants more business and the CONSTITUTION of the STATE N T AMENDMENT to the OREGON.This is not a
This measure will be a PERMANENT first proof is that we are going to keep our schools open. V.
We are vitally concerned about the social and economic health "Safety-Net." THIS IS A TAX BILL G FAR REACH-
of Oregon. Both suffer when schools are forced to close for lack of ING PROPORTIONS.
REACH-
adequate financing. VI. THIS MEASURE DOES NOT SOLVE OREGON'S
That's why we joined in the effort to develop a proposal that SCHOOL FUNDING PROBLEMS.
responded to what voters are demanding — a simple measure to VOTE"NO"ON MEASURE#2
prevent school closures without higher taxes and to protect voter
control of school property taxes.
VOTE YES ON MEASURE 2 Submitted by: Betty Stofiel,Pres.
This is a sound,simple and sensible measure to guarantee our Citizens for Affordable Living(CAL)
children's right to an education. P.O.Box 171
On behalf of the 400,000 jobs we represent,we urge a yes vote Estacada,Oregon 97023
on Ballot Measure 2.
Morry Arntson,President, Richard M.Butrick,President (This space purchased for$300 in accordance with ORS 251.255.)
Durametal Chairman Associated Oregon Industries
The printing of this argument does not constitute an endorse-
Submitted by: Morry Arntson,Chairman ment by the State of Oregon, nor does the state warrant the
Associated Oregon Industries accuracy or truth of any statement made in the argument.
P.O.Box 12519
Salem,OR 97309
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The printing of this argument does not constitute an endorsement
by the State of Oregon,nor does the state warrant the accuracy or
truth of any statement made in the argument.
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i
PUBLIC NOTICE
DISABLED/HANDICAPPED/ELDERLY VOTING ACCESSIBILITY
Pursuant to the Federal "Voting Accessibility for the Elderly
and Handicapped Act," Public Law 98-435, the State of Oregon
has made the following provisions for disabled/handicapped/
elderly electors:
1. A cassette edition of the Voters' Pamphlet is available for the
visually impaired, the legally blind, those unable to hold a
book or those unable to turn pages due to a physical dis-
ability. Contact the Oregon State Library Services for the
Blind and Physically Handicapped, State Library Building,
Salem, Oregon 97310-0645 or call Portland: 224-0610, Salem:
378-3849, or toll-free: 1-800-452-0292.
2. Large type voting instructions or reading aids for the visually {
impaired will be provided at each polling place.
3. Telecommunication devices for the hearing impaired will be
available in each county elections office, or you may contact
the Secretary of State's office by dialing 378-5812.
4. If a disabled, handicapped or elderly elector's polling place is
inaccessible, the elector may request, in advance, to have a
ballot brought from the polling place to the elector's car, or to
be assigned to an alternative polling place.
5. Any elector who, because of a physical disability or an
inability to read or write, is unable to mark or punch the
ballot, upon request, shall receive the assistance of two
election board clerks of different parties or of some other
person chosen by the elector. Under no circumstances may
assistance be given by the elector's employer or an agent of
the employer or by an officer or agent of the elector's union.
6. A special absentee ballot may be requested by any disabled,
handicapped or elderly elector. This request will be in effect
for each election held in the same calendar year.
Interested electors should contact the county elections officer
in the county in which they live for details concerning the nature
of barriers present at polling places designated as inaccessible.
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ABSENT VOTER
IN STATE ABSENT VOTER
You may apply for an absentee ballot with your county The U.S. Department of Defense provides Standard Form 76
clerk if: that complies with these requirements.It is recommended that long
1. You are a registered voter,and term absent voters use this form—available at embassies and
2. You have reason to believe you will be unable,for any reason,to military installations—whenever possible.
vote at the polling place on election day. Your long term absentee ballot application will be valid for all
elections held in the calendar year for which it is received.
Your application must be in writing and must include: Special absentee voting instructions and a ballot return envelope
1. Your signature.(This is imperative,for comparison purposes.) will accompany each absentee ballot.
2. Your residence address. Special Absentee Ballots: Any long term absent elector may
3. The address to which the ballot should be mailed, if different obtain a special absentee ballot for a primary or general election if
from your residence. the elector believes that:
YOUR VOTED ABSENTEE BALLOT MUST BE RECEIVED 1. The elector will be residing, stationed or working outside the
IN THE OFFICE OF YOUR COUNTY CLERK NOT LATER territorial limits of the United States and the District of Colum-
bia;8 P.M.THE DAY OF THE ELECTION. 2. The and
e elector will not be able to receive,vote and return a regular
If an elector is physically handicapped,the application is valid absentee ballot by normal mail delivery within the period pro-
for every election held during the calendar year for which the vided for absentee voting.
application is received. A long term absent elector may make application for such a
While you may apply for and receive an absentee ballot up to 8 ballot as early as the 90th day before the primary or general election.
p.m. on election day,if your application is received by the county If you feel you may need a special absentee ballot,you should
clerk after the 5th day before the election,the county clerk is not contact your county election officer for details.
required to mail your ballot.If your ballot is not mailed,you must REMEMBER, YOUR ABSENTEE BALLOT MUST BE
obtain it in person from the county clerk.Therefore,if you apply for RECEIVED BY YOUR COUNTY CLERK NO LATER THAN 8
an absentee ballot by mail,you must allow enough time to receive P.M.THE DAY OF THE ELECTION.
the ballot, vote, and return the ballot to the county clerk. ————————————— ------
REMEMBER: Your voted absentee ballot, must be physically in
the office of the county clerk by 8 p.m.on the day of the election,or
it will not be counted. i ABSENTEE BALLOT APPLICATION
LONG TERM ABSENT VOTER I PRECINCT NAME/NUMBER
You may apply for long term absent voter status with your
county clerk or the Secretary of State if: I TODAY'S DATE ELECTION DATE
1. You are a resident of this state absent from your place of
residence,or
2. You are serving in the Armed Forces or Merchant Marine of the i PRINT YOUR NAME CLEARLY
United States,or
3. You are temporarily living outside the territorial limits of the
U.S.and the District of Columbia,or I RESIDENCE STREET ADDRESS
4. You are a spouse or dependent of a long term absent voter. A
spouse or dependent of a long term absent voter,not previously a
resident of this state who intends to reside in this state, is CITY COUNTY ZIP
considered a resident for voting purposes and may vote in the
same manner as a long term absent voter. I X
Your application must be in writing and must include: I SIGNATURE OF APPLICANT(HANDWRITTEN)
1. Your name and current mailing address.
2. A statement that you are a citizen of the U.S. IF YOU ARE IN THE HANDICAPPED OR SPECIAL VISUAL
3. A statement that you will be 18 or older on the day of the election. I CATEGORY,CHECK HERE FOR FULL YEAR VALIDITY.
4. A statement that your home residence has been in this state for I ADDRESS TO WHICH ABSENTEE BALLOT SHOULD BE SENT IF
more than 20 days preceding the election,and giving the address i DIFFERENT FROM RESIDENCE ADDRESS:
of your last home residence.
5. A statement of the facts that qualify you as a long term absent i STREET ADDRESS
voter.
6. A statement that you are not requesting a ballot from any other
state and are not voting in any other manner than by absentee CITY
ballot.
7. A designation of your political affiliation if you wish to vote in a
primary election. I STATE ZIP
MAIL THIS APPLICATION TO THE COUNTY CLERK OF THE
COUNTY IN WHICH YOU MAINTAIN YOUR HOME RESIDENCE
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Secretary of State Portland,OR
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State Capitol
Salem, Oregon 97310
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