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State Ballot Measure Results #83 Oregon’s Veterans’ Home Loan program provides home loans to veterans who served at least 210 days in the military prior to 1977 and filed fora loan prior to 1986. The measure would eliminate the 1986 deadline and extend the loan program to veterans who served at least 210 days after 1977. #84 The measure would retain requirements that the state pay local governments for the costs of state-mandated programs. If the measure fails to pass, the requirement would be repealed, forcing local governments to pay for state-mandated programs. #85 The measure would modify population and minimum area requirements for forming new counties. The measure permits new counties to be established with less than 400 square miles provided that the new county has 100,000 inhabitants. #86 Current statutory law requires the state to send refunds to taxpayers every two years when state income exceeds projections by 2 percent. The legislature could withhold the refund with a three-fifths vote. This measure would make this requirement a constitutional amendment and require a two-thirds vote by the legislature to withhold a refund. #87 The measure would allow city and county government to zone where sexually ori ented businesses can locate. ^ 8 8 The measure would cut taxes by increasing the maximum deductible on Oregon personal income tax returns for federal income taxes paid from $3,000 to $5,000. #89 The measure would create a fund from tobacco settlement proceeds dedicated to specified health, housing and transportation programs. ^ 8 0 This measure would allow regulated utilities—including electric, phone, gas and water—to charge rates high enough to make closed facilities profitable. #91 The measure would make federal income taxes fully deductible on Oregon per sonal and corporate income tax returns. #92 Measure 92 would prohibit payroll deductions for political purposes without spe cific written authorization from the employee each year. It would also restrict the use of pay roll-deducted funds from such organizations as unions, charities, insurance companies and fi nancial institutions. 9 3 This measure would require Oregonians to vote on increases in taxes or fees. If the measure passes, future tax or fee increases would have to pass by whatever margin Mea sure 93 passes. Levies passed since 1998 would be called to vote as well. #94 The measure would repeal Measure 11 - mandatory minimum sentences for cer tain violent crimes and other felonies-and would require resentencing. The measure would link teacher pay with student performances on assessmen #95 t tests. 9 6 This measure would bar the legislature from altering the initiative process to make it more difficult for an initiative to reach the ballot. PASS PASS FAILING PASS FAILING PASSING FAILING FAIL FAILING FAILING FAIL FAIL FAIL FAIL #97 This measure would prohibit the use of animal traps, including steel-jawed leghold traps, and would outlaw the harvest and sale of fur using such traps. It would also make the use of poisons sodium fluoroacetateand sodium cyanide illegal. #98 The measure would prohibit the use of public resources—including public monies, public employee time, public buildings and public equipment and supplies—to collect or help collect political funds. Political funds include money contributed to candi dates, political committees or parties and ballot measure or initiative petitions. #99 The measure would amend the constitution to create a state commission that would work to ensure high-quality home care for elderly and disabled people who receive publicly funded personal care in their homes. #1 The measure would amend the constitution to require the Legislature to adequate ly fund school quality goals linked to Oregon’s school reform efforts. If funding isn’t ade quate, the legislature must issue a report analyzing why funding fell short and how that will affect students. Also, the measure would require the state to establish grants for poor school districts. #2 The measure would amend the constitution to create a process for petitioners to require the legislature to review government agency policies. #3 The measure requires conviction before property forfeiture, restricts use of pro ceeds, requires reporting of the nature and disposition of all forfeited properties by forfeiting agencies and declares a penalty for violations. #4 The measure creates a tobacco settlement trust fund with earnings dedicated to low-income health care. #5 The measure would require mental health and criminal background checks for anybody buying a gun at a gun show. #6 The measure provides limited public funding to candidates accepting limits on spending and private contributions. #7 The measure would require state and local governments to pay property owners if law or regulation reduces property value. #8 The measure limits state spending to 15 percent of the state’s personal income in the prior biennium. This will reduce state government spending by an estimated $5.7 billion for the 2001-2003 biennium. #9 The measure prohibits public schools from encouraging or sanctioning homosexu ality. Thoseschools that are found to have encouraged, sanctioned or promoted homosexu ality would lose state funding. FAIL FAILING PASS PASS FAILING PASS FAILING PASS FAILING PASSING FAILING FAILING Candidate Results Attorney General Hardy Myers Democrat incumbent Hardy Myers was holding onto his position as Attorney General, earning 49 percent of the vote as of 1 a.m. Wednesday. He beat out two other candidates in the election. During the campaign, Myers focused on his achievements in office, specifically his work to assist victims of domestic vi olence. If reelected, Myers pledged to protect basic rights and to defend those rights against criminal activity. U.S. House of Representatives, District 4 Peter DeFazio Democrat U.S. Representative Peter De Fazio was elected to h is eighth consecu tive term of office with a resounding 67 percent of the vote. DeFazio has pointed to his recent success in designating the Steens Mountainsarea in Southwest Ore gon a national monument and sustain ingeducation fundingas reasons why voters should reelect him. If elected, De Fazio promised to maintain his activity on environmental and education issuesand work to invest more federal funding into transportation and less in nuclear weapons. State House of Representatives, District 41 Jeff Miller Jeff R. Miller was winning the District 41 seat with 50.7 percent of the vote as of 1 a.m. Wednesday. Miller’s platform re volved around decreasing crime rates by putting money into early prevention pro grams. Miller is a former Eugene mayor and said his experience in the office has taught him how to work across party lines. Miller said he is in favor of findinga way to get local control back to school districts. M i I ler a Iso sa id health-ca re costs shou Id not be i ncreasi ng, a nd so lutionscanbefoundbythinking“outsideofthebox.” Secretary of State Bill Bradbury Democrat incumbent Bill Bradbury appeared to defeat three other chal lengers in the race for Secretary of State with 49 percent of the vote as of 1 a.m. Wednesday. Bradbury intro duced the vote-by-mail system to Oregon, still the only state to use the system. He ran on a platform to pro tect Oregon’s natural heritage and to ensure that the state’s higher educa tion systems receive the highest amount of funding available. Bradbury has also pledged to en sure Oregon receives the highest value for timber products. State House of Representatives, District 40 Phil Barnhart Democrat Phil Barnhart was winning the District 40 seat with 69.3 percent of the vote as of 1 a.m. Wednesday. Barn hart’s platform revolved around increas ing funding for education and making the Oregon Health Plan available to stu dents. Barnhart said he wants to begin discussion on how Oregon’s money could be better spent. Barnhart said he would improve public safety by support ing the recently passed Measure 5. State Treasurer Randall Edwards Democrat Randall Edwards was win ning the State Treasurer office with 50 percent of the vote as of 1 a.m. Wednesday. The former state repre sentative from the Portland area pointed to his previous experience working with the Oregon State Trea sury as an advisor and experience in the private sector as reasons why vot ers should support him.
