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CM Ihv Kiuorald
A new Elections Committee,
with new priorities for this
year's elections, was approved
fay the Student Senate Monday
night.
Election Committee Chair
man Alan Contreras has been on
the job for three weeks, but four
other members were named
Monday night. Including ]ohn
Curtis. In charge of the Voter’s
Guide; Jeff McKinney, in charge
of publicity, and Mike Annis
and Melissa McCartan, both ac
ting as technicians..
The five positions will lie
paid $125-month stipends;
beginning in March.
tends to.drew more voters, am
the group will try to increas
•publicity about elections.
Making the public mon
aware of the pros and cons a
ballot measures on the Apr!
23-24 general election hallo
will be the second priority fo
the new committee, he says.
. "Voters tend to get the sho<
end of the stick when it come
to voter awareness." Controra
says. He would like to includ
pm and con statements fo
ballot measures in the vote
pamphlet, '.Last year, only ex
planations of the measures wer
included, he says.
On the April ballot. Controra
expects three to four ballc
I Hide* of the ballot questions in
5 the Voter’s Guide, but he says
what the Election's Committee (
i will be able to accomplish also
I depends on their amount of
I funding.
t “There's nothing, we can do
r about those'• good ideas unless
we persuade the Incidental Fee
t Committee (or more- money'/’
» (Contreras says! "for: the- past °
* three years, the budget has been.
i about $4,000, which puts- limits,
r on what .the committee cart: ac
r coniplishhe says.-,! ‘ • . ' •' •
* Presently., the committee is.
* responsible for • the.. VoteCs ..
. Guide', election advertisements
s and the candidate filing pro-. !
t- ,cbss. They! artvajhsq1- responsible'
> for writing.election •'rules, ,ar- •
ranging candidate, forums', and *. j
staffing-, and scheduling-voting ..
. booths. :*•. -
The committee-will also be In •
'charge. of fet.ruijri.ig'arid super- ,
i . vising vote'coun|ers,!lii tabulate .
the Hand-marked ha I lots..-''.While.
' Contreras says he .-is., hot. con- ' ;
cerned yvith•« voter fraud.' he ...
> adtis . that *, presicjchiijii ,T:ah-:
h didates-(.andesignale;observers' , ’
a , t«» monitor the ball6t- cotinting ■
wh i I e' newspa per " re pi > rt ers ma y!
j : directly observe the pnicess
-• “Any .caitipus news medium - >
i that publishes once a month .'
t ami regularly covers, campus . .
» issues is entitled - to an
f observer’s pass,’’.he says.
Contreras urges those in
terested in counting ballots to |
i see him after April 10
1
Td like to see voter turnout on the north
side of 20 percent, but that's happened on
ly twice in 15 years. *
— Alan Contrerai
The (op priority for the com
mittee will t*< to increase Voter
turnout, Cdntreras says, Last
year, only 13 percent of the
Students on campus, voted for
student government positions
and ha I lot questions, he adds.
i d like to see voter turnout
On the north side of 20 per
cent,” tkqjtreras says. "Hut
that's happened only twice in
15 years.”
Contreras says voter
awareness of ballot measures
I
measures to appear for voter ap
proval. While no group lias foi
inullv asked to be put tin th
ballot yet, Contreras says h
knows of two examples
Contreras says the Oregoi
Daily Ktnerald will ask for ap
proval of their l‘IBti-87 fundin
while the Oregon Studen
Public Interest Research Crou
will ask to increase its level c
funding,
Contreras would like to it
dude statements from bot
Charity anthem leads songs, artists
at 1986 Grammy awards ceremony
I-OS ANGELES (AP) — "We Are the
World." the charity anthem by an all-star rock
choir which raised more than $30 million for
African famine relief, won four Grammy*
Tuesday night, including song and record of
the year, but lost out to British pop star Phil
Collins for album of the year.
Nominated in six categories including
song, record and album of the year, “We Are
the World" won for best pop performance by a
duo or group and for best music video, short
form.
In other early awards. Dire Straits' leader
Mark Knopfler. nominated in eight solo
categories, won with country guitarist Chet
Atkins for his guitar work for best country in
strumental performance for ‘‘Cosmic
Squaredance.” Aretha Franklin won best
female rhythm and blues performance for
“Freeway of Love," which also won best
rhythm and blues song for writers Narada
Michael Walden and Jeffrey Cohen.
Jan Hammer's "Miami Vice" theme from
the TV show won best pop instrumental per
formance, Don Henley’s angst-filled "Boys of
Summer" won for best male rock vocal perfor
manr.e, and Tina Turner — who won three
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year — won for best female rock vocal perfor
mance for "One of the Living.”
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song for "Highwayman.”
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tionally telecast ceremonies, with Kenny
Rogers as host. The nominees were songs
released from the first of October of 1084
through October 1885.
leading the nominations for a single artist
was Knopfler with eight, while his group had
three nominations us well. Turner. Sting and
I’hil Collins each had five nominations.
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