Portland observer., May 23, 1974, Page 15, Image 15

Portland/Obaerver
May 23. 1974
Bar
endorses
Tanzer
At 1:00 p.m. on Friday, May
17th, the Oregon State Bar
concluded a mail poll of the
active membership residing in
Oregon, to determine
its
preference among candidates
for contested Supreme Court
and Court of Appeals positions
to be voted on by the elec­
torate in the May 28, 1974
primary election. Voting was
by secret, printed ballot.
William M. McAllister of
Salem was the winning can­
didate for the Supreme Court
position, drawing 65% of the
vole to 35% for Berkeley Lent
of Portland Jacog B. Tanzer
of Salem pulled 93% of the
vote on the Court of Appeals
• ballot, and Jason Lee. also of
Salem, drew 7%.
Section II
Page 11
“ We Shall Plant Now
The Seeds of our Success.
Become Involved Now!”
Multnomah County noods viable forms of citizen access to
governmental decision making between elections.
Vote for Bou Denton on May
28th, he will work with you
to build into locol govern­
ment more effective problem
solving capabilities.
The changing role of local
government needs your par­
ticipation. Work with me to:
1. Establish community goals, against which we
can measure the progress of our programming
in all fields.
Representative Bill McCoy inght) discusses state of the economy
with Reverend Wendell Wallace.
Prisoners to vote
The U.S. Supreme Court
recently derided that states
may not deny voting privi­
lege« to prison inmates who
are otherwise eligible to
vole In the 7 to 2 decision
in January, the, Court held
that states must permit a b
sentee balloting or find some
other way to let prisoners
vote
-
unless they are
disqualified for other reasons.
This case originating in
Rochester. N£w York, in­
volved prisoners serving mis
demeanor sentences or those
held for trial because of
inability to post bait.
Chief Justice Warren E.
Burger, who is noted for
being "tough" on crime and
for his advocacy of priso.
reform, delivered the courts
opinion.
He said New York's elec
SAYS:
d is c lo s e d a y
income
and assets when I was
first
in Congress, te n
years ago. I was first to
make disclosure in this
“I
rare. Why? Because you
have a rig ht to know "
DUNCAN
Democrat
TO U.S. C0NGRES6
He's already proved
his worth there.
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Salmon. Portland (4/74)
tion law as interpreted by
the State's highest court, is
“wholly arbitrary" in its
disrnminalion among persons
eligible to vote.
Only Justices Harry A.
Blarkmun and William Rehn
quist dissented with the
opinion.
Another case
involving
prisoners who have been
convicted of felonies ithe
most common reason for
denying the franchise) is
presently before the Supreme
Court.
It originated in
California where the State
Supreme Court held that it
was unconstitutional to bar
voting rights of convicted
felons who had served their
sentences.
This case has recently
gained the support of The
American Bar Association,
which contends that pro­
hibiting former felons from
voting is unconstitutional,
and that former felons should
be protected by Fourteenth
Amendment guarantees of
equal protection under the
law.
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where
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2. Establish regular and systematic avenues of
citizen involvement in all phases o f program
activity.
VOTE,
or shut up.
gob Denton a Will Work With You!
Commissioner Position * 3
2227 N.E. Hancock St
(D e m o c ra t)
(282-7001)
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