Page 2 Portland Observar, July 11, 1904
November ballot fills
by Chuck Good mac her
Oregonians w ill vole on up lo
thirteen d ifferen t statewide in i
tiatives this Novem ber. I f all o f
the twelve batches of petitions sub
mitted to (he Secretary of State by 5
p.m., last Friday, have enough valid
signatures, it w ill be the largest
number o f ballot initiatives in 70
years. One initiative to be voted on
in November was referred to the
voters by the Legislature.
The issues span a wide range of
social, economic, religious and
political concerns and many are sure
to generate immense controversy.
One observer in Salem noted the
vast amount o f energy and
organization a statewide petition ef
fort requires, and said some of the
campaigns are stronger organ
izationally than either m ajor
political party. Several o f the
petition organizers claim to have
registered large blocs of voters while
petitioning.
Several efforts to place measures
on the November ballot fell short of
their goals. Among them were
measures to: elim inaie land-use
laws; expel the followers of
Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh from
Oregon; place an Oregon Equal
Rights Amendment in the state con
stitution; impose a sales tax; and a
separate lottery with the proceeds to
go to mass transit.
In itiatives are assigned ballot
numbers corresponding with the or
der in which they are submitted to
the Secretary o f State’s office in
Salem. Statutory measures intended
to change existing laws within the
current framework o f the Oregon
Constitution require 62,000 valid
signatures, and constitutional
amendments 83,361. The Secretary
of State has until July 21st to deter
mine the number of valid signatures
per petition.
Initiativ«
«o f Wsrwturaa
Changes minimum requirement for recall of
public officers
Referral
Property tax limitation— "son of 3”
124,000
Citizen’s Utility Board to lower utility bills
Lottery
The Honorable Andrew Young.
M ayor o f A tla n ta , G eorgia, will
be in Portland on Saturday, July
21st, 1984
M ayor Young w ill be guest
speaker for the W orld A ffa irs
Council o f Oregon at a dinner
meeting Saturday evening, July
21st. at the Hilton Hotel. He will of
fer a critique o f U .S . foreign
policy, and comment on the events of
the Democratic Convention in San-
Francisco.
No host cocktails will be served at
6 p.m., followed by dinner at 7 p.m.
in the H ilto n
H otel Grand
90,500
100.000(C)
93,961
Lottery
100.000(C)
Death Penalty restored
Death Penalty restored
86,(XX)
Expand police power— "V ictim ’s rights”
90,000
Legalize Marijuana for private use
84,500
Tighten radioactive w u te disposal laws
Ends voter registxX^AdO days before election
80,655
Prohibits Ü /ffâ ïfïo c d abortions
84,500
80,877 ( O
L o w ja ffifc m p lo y c e ’s pay to that of the
Mayor Andrew Young
to address Portland
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Oregon Demo Chair
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in
Dick Celsi, Chair of the Oregon
Democratic party, is confident the
N ational Democratic Convention
will nominate, "the next President
of the United States.”
Surprised by the candidacy o f
Jesse Jackson, Celsi said he could
predict the impact the coalition of
Black voters could have.
" A s a tra d itio n a l Dem ocrat, I
have noticed the non-involvement
of minorities in the Democratic par
ty for years. I have always recog
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Celsi said he believes Jackson’ s
candidacy has had its primary effect
in the Black com m unity. " T h e
Hispanic community is generating
its own ethnic involvement, but they
are attracted to Jackson because the
same issues involve both com
munities. Jackson attracted white
voters who would have voted
anyway, but for someone else." In
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recognized that third parties are not
effective, Celsi added. "They were
searching for a legitimate way to get
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offered them that opportunity."
The threshold rule incorporated
by the party in 1976 is among the
constraints lim itin g Jackson's
ab ility to receive delegates. Celsi
said, "The feeling was, in 1984, the
Democrats should unite early to
take Ronald Reagan on They tried
to work the rules so fringe can
didates would not interrupt the
process. If there was a acattering of
delegates, there would be a battle on
the convention floor in order to
come out with a winner. That would
not serve the best interests o f the
party in going against Reagan. They
did not anticipate Jesse Jackson.
Some states have found ways to get
Jackson delegates and some have
violated their own rules in getting
them.”
He said people should watch the
action between conventions to see if
the threshold rule is changed and
suggested those interested lobby the
four Oregonians on the study com
mittee who will asisl in rewriting the
rules.
He added that the conflict of
various
factions
w ithin
the
Democratic party w ill work itself
out after the convention is over.
"A n d we will be together because
the overpowering issue in 1984 is
Ronald Reagan ”
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