Initiative
continued from page 1
uled to speak in opposition to the
initiative, but he was a no show.
No explanation for his absence
was given.
“This is perhaps the most im
portant issue facing our country
today,” said Harry Lonsdale, one
of the chief petitioners for initia
tive 150. “It affects us every day of
our lives in a lot of ways.”
Lonsdale listed examples of the
influence of big corporate spend
ing on politics.
In reaction to recent lawsuits
filed by New Orleans, Detroit and
a dozen other U.S. cities against
hand-gun manufacturers to recov
er the cost of treating citizens in
jured with guns, many states have
passed legislation prohibiting
such class action suits. Lonsdale
said the prohibitions were the re
sult of intense National Riffle As
sociation lobbying efforts.
“Do you recall writing to your
legislator here in Oregon and say
ing, ‘Please pass a bill so we can’t
sue the gun manufacturers?’”
Lonsdale asked. “Where does this
come from? It came from the NRA
and a lot of money. ”
After Lonsdale spoke, Maureen
Kirk, executive director of the OS
PIRG citizen lobby and a chief peti
tioner for the initiative, explained
the necessity of amending die Ore
gon Constitution rather than sim
ply reforming campaign financing
with a petition.
A 1994 initiative limiting cam
paign contributions was passed
with the favor of 72 percent of vot
ers, but was thrown out by the
Oregon Supreme Court because it
limited free speech under Ore
gon’s liberal definition of expres
sion. Initiative 150 is not vulnera
ble to such concerns because it
will actually amend the state con
stitution, Kirk said.
The initiative, which would
limit contributions by any indi
vidual or corporation to the cam
paign for any ballot measure or
candidate to $1,000 per year, per
initiative, has not yet been ap
proved by the secretary of state. Its
circulation is being held up by the
objections raised by the Oregon
chapter of the American Civil Lib
erties Union.
“The ACLU has, since the mid
70s, opposed campaign finance
limits,” said David Fidanque, ex
ecutive director of ACLU Oregon.
Fidanque represented the lone
Elections
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hearing, the Constitution Court
ruled that by providing snacks,
Gabbe and Larson had in fact vio
lated election rule 2.4, which
states that candidates cannot pro
vide electors with a “thing of val
ue” with the intention of promot
ing their campaign. However,
they could not be kicked off the
ballot because the Elections Board
erred when handling the situa
tion.
By not holding a hearing into
ASUO Student Sen. Jennifer
Greenough’s grievance within 72
hours of it’s being filed, the board
violated Gabbe and Larson’s due
process right, which states that a
person’s rights cannot be denied
unless done so in a manner com
pliant with existing rules.
Because Gabbe and Larson
have already been tried for break
ing rule 2.4, the court decided
that the only part of DePoe’s griev
ance that can be ruled on by the
Elections Board is the portion
dealing with the expenditure
form.
To further complicate the situa
tion set before the board, Gabbe
and Larson submitted a motion to
dismiss DePoe’s grievance late
Thursday afternoon. The motion
claims the grievance is invalid
based on the definition of an “ex
penditure form” according the
elections rules.
Their argument hinges on a
rule stating that an expenditure
form must include “the total
amount spent by the candidate”
up to two days before the election
Unofficial 2000
Student Senate
election results
ASCAP
Daniel Paul Adikisson 443
Amanda Langston 609
EMU SENATE SEAT NO. 4 (1 YEAR)
A.J. Swoboda 446
Skye Tenney 529
EMU SENATE SEAT NO. 5 (2 YEARS)
Kristen V. Dean 604
Ted Ehlert 317
ADFC SENATE SEAT NO. 7 (1 YEAR)
KateKranzush 529
Jeff Oliver 380
TOTAL VOTER TURNOUT: 2,155
occurs. Gabbe and Larson insist
that the bill they owe the ISA is
still outstanding. Because they
hadn’t actually spent that money
by the time the expenditure form
was due, it didn’t need to be in
cluded.
The motions are not over yet.
Greenough has filed a motion to
reconsider with the court regard
ing its decision to keep Gabbe and
Larson on the ballot. Her argu
ment centers around the fact that
she never conceded three days to
mean 72 hours. This would
change the conditions under
which the court determined the
Elections Board had erred, by
placing the time of the hearing
within that three-day period.
These motions and grievances
have the power to withhold the
election results and keep a new
executive out of office for months
to come.
Ballot measure
election results
All eight measures on this yea r’s
ballot passed easily, five of which
authored increases in the student
incidental fee for next year.
No 1: USSA Referendum:
Yes 1,536
No 223
No 2: ASUO Grievances:
Yes 935
No 322
No 3: Designated Driver Shuttle
(more vans):
Yes 1,506
No 281
No4: Workers’ Rights Consortium:
Yes 1,237
No 404
No5;Jnternationai Resource Cen
ter:
Yes 1,051
No 685
No 6: ASUO Constitution Changes:
Yes 787
No 243
No 7: Designated Driver Shuttle
(more hours):
Yes 1,304
No 352
No 8: lane Transit District Bus
Funding:
Yes 1,275
No 396
voice of opposition to the initia
tive on the panel.
“When an individual is running
for office, they are seeking the sup
port of other people who share
their views,” Fidanque said. “I
think we all understand the prin
ciples of majority rules. If enough
of us get together and are active in
the political process, we can sup
port the candidates that reflect our
views.
For the initiative to appear on
the November ballot, its support
ers must gather 100,000 signatures
by the end of June.
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