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Who’s On Our Side?
By Tom Chamberlain
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epending on what poll you look
at, President Obama leads Re-
publican challenger Mitt Romney by
8 to 16 points in Oregon.
Our Congressional campaigns are
on what national donors call a “watch
list,” meaning Oregon federal races
will not receive national attention un-
less something unforeseen happens.
These folks are concerned about
races that impact national policy, and
frankly, Oregon is not that important
to them.
In many ways, this makes Oregon
elections more difficult.
It’s those “down-ballot” offices
that directly impact Oregon workers.
Take for instance the secretary of
state election where incumbent Kate
Brown is responsible for making sure
that candidates, political action com-
mittees, and initiative drives don’t
game the system and that the Oregon
electoral process is fair and transpar-
ent — a process that strives to in-
crease Oregonians’ access to elec-
tions, not put up road blocks that
reduce voter participation.
Oregon’s vote-by-mail system is a
model for elections. Vote-by-mail
historically results in more people
turning out to vote in Oregon than in
almost any state in the country. While
states such as Ohio, Pennsylvania,
and Florida pass legislation designed
to discourage voter participation, es-
pecially among communities of color
Second annual clay
shoot slated Oct.
27 in Gervais
The Union Sportsmen’s Alliance’s
(USA) second annual sporting clay
shoot will be held Saturday, Oct. 27, at
Mitchell’s Clay Target Sports, 6181
Concomly Rd., Gervais.
Awards will be given to the highest
scoring teams and top individual
shooter. First time shooters are wel-
come and encouraged to participate.
Registration is from 8 to 9 a.m., with
and older Americans and the poor,
Oregon celebrates programs that en-
sure every eligible voter can cast a
ballot.
Secretary of State Brown has
cracked down on fraud in paid signa-
ture gathering. Her efforts have
earned Oregon the highest marks in
the country for transparency and in-
tegrity in a ballot measure system.
And Brown has been a champion
of accountability and transparency,
not only in our elections but in her au-
dits of state agencies — saving Ore-
gonians over $180 million that can
now be invested in education, com-
munity services and public safety.
On the other hand, her deep-pock-
eted opponent, Knute Buehler, is vo-
cal in his support for more restrictions
on voter registration and questions the
legitimacy of Oregon’s vote-by-mail
system, saying there is “undue pres-
sure to vote because you don’t have
the privacy of the polling booth.”
Mr. Buehler is a wealthy candidate
with no political experience. He’s long
on rhetoric and short on specifics. For
example, his campaign focuses on the
problem of big-money donors buying
elections and the need for campaign
finance reform, while at the same time
accepting $50,000 from Phil Knight,
and thousands more from the Repub-
lican Party and timber interests.
The fight for the future of Oregon
is in down-ballot offices like labor
shooting starting at 9:30 a.m. Registra-
tion includes shotgun shells (12- or 20-
gauge only) and clay targets, lunch and
beverages, along with awards, door
prizes and a raffle drawing.
All proceeds from the event will
help support the USA’s mission to unite
commissioner, where Brad Avakian
holds a strong record for workers. He
is being challenged by state Sen.
Bruce Starr, who would weaken laws
that mandate middle-class wages for
state and local construction projects,
and would support legislation that
weakens unions.
The fight for Oregon is in down-
ballot races like the Oregon Supreme
Court or court of appeals, local city,
county, school, and fire board elec-
tions, and local measures that will im-
pact our lives and welfare — many of
them with direct consequences that
we will see before the next president
is even sworn in.
It is important that we all educate
ourselves on the issues. Reams of ma-
terial about pro-worker candidates
have been sent from your union, are
posted on websites, and are in the
Voter’s Pamphlet.
That is precisely why vote-by-mail
is so uniquely Oregon — it allows us
time to think over these candidates
and issues, and helps ensure we all
vote all the way down our ballots.
We live in a great state. Let’s keep
it that way. Vote and support candi-
dates at every level who are on our
side.
Tom Chamberlain is president of
the Oregon AFL-CIO.
the union community, to expand and
improve hunting and fishing access,
and wildlife habitat throughout North
America.
Contact Tim Bindl at TimB@union-
sportsmen.org or Heather Tazelaar at
615-831-6779 for more information.
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