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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (May 21, 1996)
Law: Mabon disappointed by court ■ Continued from Pigt 1 "Its important to troinmlxi wsr cant stop paving attention to «h# OCA." she Mid 'If |OCA chairman) Lao Motion were the only person in the organisation, that * Mill a threat * Mabon, a candidate for the Republic on nomination to lb* U S Senate. i* currently work ing toward getting another anil gay-right* measure on the November ballot "I'm very disappointed bateau*# what the Supreme Court haa don# t* baaicafly My that the citium* of Colorado can't *»t their own moral Man dard*.~ Mahon Mid. "To one degree or another, the court ha* realty e*tahli»h«d gay and lesbian a* a class and not a behavior And that i» extremely disturbing to me and. t think, oxtremely problematic for our society for the future in setting cc Thu dtt ukm thmdd be the death of the OCA i latent anti-Ray and lethorn measure {«cuNcdNck» oMh* Qrsgnn *CU! -33 what is right wrong tesual b®h*vu»t ' However. Brooke said the court's decision he* indicated • distinction between morality and the law “That a people can try to man date morality ... that's fust wrong," she said, "It's not toow thing I want to «m happen in my country .* The Oregon American Civil Liberties Union also said they «* rejoicing lb* court * ruling "This de* Kiun should Iw the death of the OCIA’a l«t**t anil Sy end lesbian measure." ulil iv id Fidanque. eaocuttva director of the Orison .Mill, 'My feeling la Mat Kin ten talk until he'* blue In the lace, but he * not going to make It consti - tutional The court's decision couldn't have been clearer " However, Mahon said he believe* the Supreme Court rul ing would not apply to the pro posed Oregon measure because it diNers from the (olorado taw He said hi* group has collected between 11,000 and *0.000 sig natures They need 97.000 sig nature* by |uty 5 to make the November ballot “We're going to continue our work to make *ure the measure never reaches the ballot.* Fidanque said “And If it does, it will he defeated The OCA should give it up * Ballots: Final tabulations expected on Friday ■ Continued from Page 1 Only voters who have already registered ** absentee received ballot* through the mail More than 3SO.OOO of Oregon's 1 8 million registered voters — about 20 percent — have received absen tee billot* for the primary election Many of these are permanent absentees, mean ing they will automatically receive a mail ballot fur the general election as well Some county clerks don't expect final tabula tions until Thursday or Friday Absentee ballots cannot be counted until after the polls close to ensure that no one has voted twite. Ballots must lie received by a county elections office no later than 8 p in Voters tan also hand deliver their ballot to any of the approximate 1.700 polling places statewide The primary election includes the Eugene may oral election Candidates are Mike A1 tiers Neale Hyatt. Tim Laue, Ron "Misha * Seymour. Frank Soifer. Dave Sweet, |tm Toney, lames Weaver and James "Izty" Whets tine Eugene and lane County positions to be voted oft Include Eugene City Council. Eugene Water and Electric Hoard. Lute County ibrtll. I.ane County Commissioner and Line County district attorney State position* to be voted on include secretary of state, state treasurer, attorney general, state sen ators. state representatives. Supreme Court judge and District Court judge Ballot Measures 23. 24 and 25 are also on the ballot Measure 23 would increase minimum value in controversy {from $200 to S?$0) required to obtain jury trial Measure 24 would amend the law so that intlta live petition signatures must be collected from each congressional district Measure 25 would require a 3/5 majority in the legislature in order to pass revenue-raising bills More information about these measures, the con didales and the Uv atitms of polling pm tn< 1* can be found in the Voter's Pamphlet, which t an be picked up at the bsne County Election Office or at a post office A ROBINSON THEATRE fROOUCTTON UPS ^ TOGETHER TEETH APART “ bv Tenrence McNally May 24, 25, 30, 31, June 1, 7, 8 8 PM Ikmrftt /mm 2 7 FM HIV Atkmmtv t* TV \smrt (Jmtll Fmptt Box Office- 346-4191 4^. % a iff MM • pm ¥f «M 4MM> RECYCLE Po you have asthma? 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