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The Observer
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➤➠➟➥ ➜➦➙ ➧➙➨➝ ➧↕➢➢➙➜➞➨
Voter suppression in Oregon
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✼✺✙ ✬✤✸ ✬✣✭❜✛✤✙✮★ ✭✛✙✙✛✤
★✺✤r✤✣★✛★ ✶✛ ✶♦★✙ ❜✛✰❛✺★✛ ♦✳
✣✙★ ✶✛❛✫✲★r✣✤✣✙✛✢✫✛★★✸✽✛ ✶✺★✙
❦✫♦✧ ✙✚❛✙ ❚✚✛ ✴❜★✛✤✵✛✤ ✚❛★
❛✭✤✛❛✢✩ ✭♦★✙ ✛✷✰✛✭✭✛✫✙ ✛✶r✭♦✩✲
✛✛★✸✿✺✤✛✭✩ ✚✛ ✤✛❛✭✣❀✛★ ✙✚❛✙ ❚✚✛
✴❜★✛✤✵✛✤✮★ ★✶❛✭✭ ✱✤♦✺r ♦✳ ✤✛✲
✶❛✣✫✣✫✱ ✛✶r✭♦✩✛✛★ ♠ ✧✤✣✙✛✤★✹
✛✢✣✙♦✤★ ❛✫✢ ♦✳✾✰✛ ★✙❛✳✳ ♠ ✣★ ✫♦✙
✤✛★r♦✫★✣❜✭✛ ✳♦✤ ✙✚✛ ❜❛✫❦✤✺r✙✰✩
♦✳ ✣✙★ r❛✤✛✫✙ ✰♦✤r♦✤❛✙✣♦✫✹ ♦✤ ✳♦✤
✙✚✛ ✢✛✰✤✛❛★✛ ✣✫ ✣★★✺✛★✹ ♦✤ ✳♦✤ ✙✚✛
✣✫✰✤✛❛★✛ ✣✫ ✰♦★✙★✸✿✣✶r✭✩ ✳✤♦✶
✤✛❛✢✣✫✱ ✙✚✛ r❛r✛✤ ✧✛ ❦✫♦✧ ✙✚❛✙
✙✚✛ ★✣❀✛ ♦✳ ✙✚✛ ★✙❛✳✳ ✣★ ✢✛✰✤✛❛★✲
✣✫✱✹ ✭✛❛✵✣✫✱ ✳✛✧✛✤ r✛♦r✭✛ ✙♦ ✢♦
✙✚✛ ✧♦✤❦ ♦✳ ✶❛✫✩✸ ■✙ ✣★ ✤✛✶❛✤❦✲
❛❜✭✛ ✙✚❛✙ ✧✛ ★✙✣✭✭ ✚❛✵✛ ✛✶r✭♦✩✲
✛✛★ ✧✚♦ ✰♦✫✙✣✫✺✛ ✙♦ ★✙✤✺✱✱✭✛
✙♦ ✱✛✙ ✙✚✛ r❛r✛✤ ♦✺✙✹ ❛✫✢ ✧✛
★✚♦✺✭✢ ❛rr✤✛✰✣❛✙✛ ✙✚✛✶ ✳♦✤
✙✚✛✣✤ ✛✳✳♦✤✙★✸ ❁✣✵✛✫ ✙✚✛ ✰✣✤✰✺✶✲
★✙❛✫✰✛★ ✺✫✢✛✤ ✧✚✣✰✚ ✙✚✛✩ ❛✤✛
✧♦✤❦✣✫✱✹ ✣✙ ✣★ ✺✫✢✛✤★✙❛✫✢❛❜✭✛
✙✚❛✙ ✙✚✛ r❛r✛✤ ✶❛✩ ✰♦✫✙❛✣✫ ♦✰✲
✰❛★✣♦✫❛✭ ✱✤❛✶✶❛✙✣✰❛✭ ✶✣★✙❛❦✛★
♦✤ ✳❛✰✙✺❛✭ ✛✤✤♦✤★✸
■✫ ✵✣✛✧ ♦✳ ✙✚✛ ✰✺✤✤✛✫✙✹ ✢✣✳✾✲
✰✺✭✙ ★✣✙✺❛✙✣♦✫✹ ✣✙ ✣★ ❛✶❛❀✣✫✱ ✙✚❛✙
✬✤✸ ✬✣✭❜✛✤✙ ✰❛✫ ❛✰✙✺❛✭✭✩ ❂✺★✙✣✳✩
❛✙✙❛✰❦✣✫✱ ✙✚✛ ✛✶r✭♦✩✛✛★ ♦✳ ♦✺✤
r❛r✛✤✸ ❃✫✢✛✤ ✙✚✛ ✰✣✤✰✺✶★✙❛✫✰✛★✹
❛✫ ❛r♦✭♦✱✩ ✙♦ ✙✚✛✶ ✧♦✺✭✢ ❜✛ ❛
✶♦✤✛ ❛rr✤♦r✤✣❛✙✛ ✤✛★r♦✫★✛✸
❄❅❅❇ ❉❊❋❋❏❑❊❅
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❞❣✐✐❣❥❦✐❧✐♠❣ ❣♥q✐❧❥
rs① ③④⑤①⑥⑦①⑥ ⑧①⑨⑩❶❷①⑤
⑨①❸❸①⑥⑤ ❸❶ ❸s① ①❹❺❸❶⑥❻ ❼①❸❸①⑥⑤
❽⑥① ⑨❺❷❺❸①❹ ❸❶ ❾❿➀ ⑧❶⑥❹⑤
❽➁❹ ❷➂⑤❸ ④① ⑤❺➃➁①❹ ❽➁❹
⑩❽⑥⑥➄ ❸s① ❽➂❸s❶⑥➆⑤ ❽❹❹⑥①⑤⑤
❽➁❹ ➅s❶➁① ➁➂❷④①⑥ ➇➈❶⑥
⑦①⑥❺➉⑩❽❸❺❶➁ ➅➂⑥➅❶⑤①⑤
❶➁⑨➄➊❻ ➋❷❽❺⑨ ➄❶➂⑥ ⑨①❸❸①⑥⑤ ❸❶
➁①⑧⑤➌⑨❽➃⑥❽➁❹①❶④⑤①⑥⑦①⑥❻
⑩❶❷ ❶⑥ ❷❽❺⑨ ❸s①❷ ❸❶ ❼❽
➍⑥❽➁❹① ③④⑤①⑥⑦①⑥➎ ➏➐➀➑
➒❺➈❸s ➓❸❻➎ ❼❽ ➍⑥❽➁❹① ➔→➣❿➀❻
✱✤❛★★✸◗✫✢ ✰❛✙✙✭✛ ✱✤❛❀✣✫✱ ✱✛✫✛✤✲
❛✙✛★ ✤✛✵✛✫✺✛ ✳♦✤ ✙✚✛ ✰♦✺✫✙✩
✧✚✣✭✛ ✤✛✢✺✰✣✫✱ ✾✤✛ ✳✺✛✭★✸✬✜❝◗
✫✛✛✢★ ✙♦ ❜✛ ✭♦✱✱✛✢✹✙✚✣✫✫✛✢ ❛✫✢
✱✤❛❀✛✢✸■✙ ✣★ ❛ ✶♦✺✫✙❛✣✫ r✤♦r✲
✛✤✙✩✹❛✫✢ ✩♦✺ ✰❛✫✮✙ ❂✺★✙ ✣✱✫♦✤✛ ✣✙
♠ ✩♦✺ ✚❛✵✛ ✙♦ ✶❛✫❛✱✛ ✣✙✸
■ ✺✫✢✛✤★✙❛✫✢ ✙✚❛✙ ✙✚✛ ❜✣✰✩✰✭✛
West: Mismanagement
❛✫✢◗❚❙ ✰♦✶✶✺✫✣✙✩ ✧❛★ ✣✫✲
of MERA could be
★✙✤✺✶✛✫✙❛✭ ✣✫ ✚✛✭r✣✫✱ ★✛✰✺✤✛
catastrophic
✙✚✛ ★✺rr♦✤✙ ✳♦✤ ❃✫✣♦✫ ❈♦✺✫✙✩
❚♦ ✙✚✛ ✜✢✣✙♦✤✦
✙♦ ❜✺✩ ✙✚✛ ✬✜❝◗ r✤♦r✛✤✙✩ ❛✫✢
▲❛✙✛✭✩ ■ ✚❛✵✛ ✚✛❛✤✢ ❛ ✭♦✙
✙✚✛✩ ✚❛✵✛ ❛✫ ✣✫✙✛✤✛★✙ ✣✫ ❜✛✣✫✱
❛❜♦✺✙ ✚♦✧ ✚❛rr✩ ★♦✶✛ r✛♦r✭✛ ❛❜✭✛ ✙♦ ✤✛✰✤✛❛✙✛ ♦✫ ✣✙✸✼✺✙ ✙✚✛
❛✤✛ ✙✚❛✙ ✙✚✛✤✛ ✧✣✭✭ ✫♦ ✭♦✫✱✛✤ ❜✛ r✛♦r✭✛ ✧✚♦ ✶❛✫❛✱✛ ✬✜❝◗ ✫✛✛✢
✰❛✙✙✭✛ ✱✤❛❀✣✫✱ ♦✫ ✙✚✛ ✬✜❝◗
✙♦ ✤✛❛✭✣❀✛ ✙✚❛✙ ✬✜❝◗ ✣★ ♦✧✫✛✢
r✤♦r✛✤✙✩✸❚✚✛★✛ ❛✤✛ ✙✩r✣✰❛✭✭✩
❜✩ ✛✵✛✤✩♦✫✛ ✣✫ ❃✫✣♦✫ ❈♦✺✫✙✩
r✛♦r✭✛ ✧✚♦ ✤✣✢✛ ✙✚✛✣✤ ❜✣✰✩✰✭✛★✹ ✛❩✺❛✭✭✩ ❛✫✢ ✙✚✛✩ ✫✛✛✢ ✙♦ ✣✱✫♦✤✛
◗❚❙★ ♦✤ ✚✣❦✛ ♦✫ ✙✚✛ r✤♦r✛✤✙✩
✙✚✛ ✵♦✣✰✛★ ♦✳ r✛♦r✭✛ ✧✚♦ ✢♦ ✫♦✙
❛✫✢ ★✣✶r✭✩ ✢♦✫✮✙ ✧❛✫✙ ✙♦ ✢✛❛✭
✺✫✢✛✤★✙❛✫✢ ✧✚❛✙ ✙✚✛ ✶♦✺✫✙❛✣✫
✧✣✙✚ ❛ ✭✣✙✙✭✛ ✰♦✧ r♦♦r ♦✫ ✙✚✛✣✤
✫✛✛✢★ ❛✫✢ ✶❛✫❛✱✛ ✣✙ r✤♦r✛✤✭✩✸
✙✣✤✛★ ♦✤ ★✚♦✛★✸■ ✚❛✵✛ ✤✛❛✢ ✧✚✛✤✛ ❚✚✛ ✭✣✵✛★ ❛✫✢ ✚♦✶✛★ ♦✳ ✙✚✛ ✶❛✫✩
★♦✶✛ r✛♦r✭✛ ❜✛✭✣✛✵✛ ✙✚✛✤✛ ✣★ ✫♦✙ r✛♦r✭✛ ✧✚♦ ✭✣✵✛ ♦✫ ✙✚✛ ✳❛✰✛ ♦✳
✛✫♦✺✱✚ ✳✛✛✢ ✳♦✤ ✙✚✛ ✰❛✙✙✭✛ ❡✳❛✭★✛❯ ✙✚✛ ✶♦✺✫✙❛✣✫ ✢✛r✛✫✢ ♦✫ ✣✙✹❛✫✢
❛✫✢ ✙✚✛✩ ✢♦✫✮✙ ✫✛✛✢ ✙♦ ❜✛ ✺r
❛★ ✙✚✛ ✶❛✫❛✱✛✤★ ♦✳ ✙✚✛ ✭❛✫✢★ ✣✫
✙✚✛✤✛✸❚✚✛ ✤✛❛✭✣✙✩ ✣★ ✙✚❛✙ ✺✫✭✛★★ ❈❛✭✣✳♦✤✫✣❛ ✚❛✵✛ ✳♦✺✫✢ ♦✺✙✹✙✚✛✤✛
✙✚✛ r✛♦r✭✛ ✧✚♦ ✭✣✵✛ ❛✭♦✫✱ ✙✚✛
✣★ ✙✤✛✶✛✫✢♦✺★ ✾✫❛✫✰✣❛✭ ✭✣❛❜✣✭✣✙✩
✳❛✰✛ ♦✳ ✬♦✺✫✙ ✜✶✣✭✩ ✧❛✫✙ ✙♦
✳♦✤ ✳❛✣✭✣✫✱ ✙♦ ✶❛✫❛✱✛ ✙✚♦★✛ ✭❛✫✢★
✛✷r✛✤✣✛✫✰✛ ❛ ✰❛✙❛★✙✤♦r✚✣✰ ✾✤✛
✧✚✛✫ ✰❛✙❛★✙✤♦r✚✣✰ r✤♦r✛✤✙✩
✭✣❦✛ ❳❛✤❛✢✣★✛✹ ❈❛✭✣✳♦✤✫✣❛✹✧✛✫✙ ✢❛✶❛✱✛ ♦✤ ✭♦★★ ♦✳ ✭✣✳✛ ✣★ ❛ ✤✛★✺✭✙✸
✙✚✤♦✺✱✚ ✭❛★✙ ❨♦✵✛✶❜✛✤✹✙✚✛
❁✤❛❀✛ ✬✜❝◗✹ ✭♦✱ ✬✜❝◗ ❛✫✢
✶❛✫❛✱✛✤★ ♦✳ ✬✜❝◗ ✫✛✛✢ ✙♦ ✱✛✙ ✶❛✫❛✱✛ ✬✜❝◗ ♠ ♦✤ ★✛✭✭ ✣✙ ✙♦
r✤♦❛✰✙✣✵✛✸
r✤✣✵❛✙✛ ♦✧✫✛✤★✚✣r ✙✚❛✙ ✧✣✭✭ ❜✛ ❛
❚✚✛✤✛ ✣★ ❛✫ ✛✷✙✤✛✶✛ ❛✶♦✺✫✙ ❜✛✙✙✛✤ ★✙✛✧❛✤✢ ♦✳ ✙✚✛ ✭❛✫✢✸
♦✳ ✳✺✛✭ ♦✫ ✙✚✛ ✬✜❝◗ r✤♦r✛✤✙✩✹
❬❭❇❪❇❫❇❑❭
✣✫✰✭✺✢✣✫✱ ✙✤✛✛★✹★✚✤✺❜★ ❛✫✢
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➩➫➭➯➲➩➯ ➳➫➵➸ ➺➵➻➼➽➩ ➫➾➾➽➩➽➲➼➚
➪➶❦➶ ❦➹➘➶ ➴➹➷➷ ➬➹➮➱✃➹❐❒
❶➈➉⑩①Ï ③➁①Ò❶⑥⑨❹r⑥❽❹①
⑤⑩s①①⑨①⑥➌❷①⑥×⑨①➄❻⑤①➁❽❸①❻
❮❻❰❻ ❶➈➉⑩①Ï ❾➏❾ Ð❽⑥❸
❰①➁❸①⑥➎ ➏Ó➏ ➓❻Ò❻ ➓❽⑨❷❶➁
➃❶⑦❻
➋❷❽❺⑨Ï ⑧➄❹①➁❻⑤①➁❽❸①❻
➓①➁❽❸① ③➈➉⑩① Ñ➂❺⑨❹❺➁➃➎
➓❸❻ ➓➂❺❸① ➏Ó❿➀➎ Ô❶⑥❸⑨❽➁❹➎
➪➶❦➶ ❦➹➘➶ ❥Ý➘ Þ❐ß➹➘❒
➃❶⑦Ø⑩❶➁❸❽⑩❸Ø❻ ❼❽ ➍⑥❽➁❹①
Ò❽⑤s❺➁➃❸❶➁➎ ❮❻❰❻ Ó➀❿➏➀❻
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Ó➀❿➏➀Õ❾→➀❾Ú ➅s❶➁①Ï
➈❽Ö➎ ❿➐➏Õ➔➑❾Õ➀➣➣❿Ú ①❷❽❺⑨
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