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Alisha Howard (from left), Ashleigh Paschal and Charlene McGee volunteer to register voters
on Saturday's Power to Vote day o f action sponsored by the Portland NAACP, the Urban
League o f Portland and the Oregon Bus Project.
Elections Office to Open Saturday
Helping Washington
voters meet deadline
The Clark County Elections Office will be open
8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday Oct. 4 because that is
the last day to report a change o f address for
people who want to vote in the November elec
tion. It is also the last day to register to vote in
Clark County if you have previously registered
somewhere else in Washington.
To register or update your address you can
go online at clarkvotes.org until m idnight on
Saturday or mail the change using an official
W ashington S ecretary o f S tate form p o st-
marked by Oct. 4.
The official registration forms are available dur
ing business hours at public libraries, public
schools, city and town halls, auto license agen
cies, and the Clark County Elections Office, 1408
Franklin St. in Vancouver.
From Monday, Oct. 6 to Oct. 20, you can regis
ter in Washington only if you are not registered
anywhere else in the state and only in person at
the Elections Office.
In Oregon, the deadline for new voter registra
tions and change of addresses is Tuesday, Oct.
14. For information, contact the Oregon Secretary
o f S ta te at 1866-O R E -V O T E o r v isit
oregonvotes.org.
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TriMet Adds Security Measures
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More police, cameras and fare enforcement
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TriM et announced Monday
that it will take new steps to en
hance security measures, includ
ing hiring more police officers,
increasing fare inspections and
adding more cameras to MAX
stations.
“TriMet has taken numerous
steps over the past 10 months to
increase security on our buses and
MAX trains,” said TriMet General
Manager Fred Hansen. “People
are seeing a difference, but 1 want
to do more to ensure the safety
and integrity of the system as we
expand transit options and have
record numbers of people riding
our buses and MAX trains.”
The transit agency plans to
hire 15 police officers, bringing
the total number of budgeted of
ficers from 43 to 58, doubling the
number o f actual officers who to request changes in Oregon law
were working for the Transit Po to increase the fines and penal
tie s fo r ille g a l b eh a v io r on
lice Division a year ago.
TriMet also will hire additional TriM et, including making it a
field supervisors and combine felony to assault a rider.
them with fare inspectors, dou
bling the number of staff from 15
to 30 who will check fares and
issue warnings, tickets and ex
clusions for those found without
a valid fare.
Last February, Hansen gave
authority to all TriMet supervi
sors to be able to check fares. By
doubling the num ber o f staff
checking fares, the likelihotxl that
a rider will have their fare in
spected on any given trip will
significantlyincrease.
TriM et said it also plans to
w ork w ith the M ultnom ah
County District Attorney's office
from Front
She said independent sources
not tied to the police bureau
should be used to collect racial
profiling data. She said it also
might help if all public employ
ees were required to give out
contact inform ation to people
they encounter, for accountabil
ity and courtesy.
Lewis suggested better train
ing and education for police of
ficers to address racial profiling
pitfalls. He would also support
shortening the hiring process for
the police force if that would re
sult in a more diverse group.
Lewis advocated for growing
a sense of community in the of
ficers by making them more in
vested in the people they work
amongst.
“We should encourage offic
ers to live where they work,” he
said.
A question-and-answ er ses
sion addressed the fact that, cur
rently, the City Council is made
from Front
of enthusiasm and dedication to
the students of De La Salle. He
has survived a variety of extreme
blood cancers, operations and
even a heart attack in 2007.
Halloran is most loyal to his
students, saying he no plans of
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ever leaving De La Salle.
“I really do want to make a
difference. I want to help the kids
who are accustomed to getting
the short end of the stick,” he
said.
His activist student wants to
do the same for cancer patients
and survivors.
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up entirely white males, which
Lewis felt could still be an impar
tial mixture, especially if they are
thoughtful.
He cited his nonprofit work as
being something that helps him
understand the minority commu
nity.
Fritz agreed that an all-male
council could be seen as some
what of a hostile environment, but
says that as a woman and an im
migrant. she is used to being dif
ferent.
“This country was not set up
for me— it was set up for white,
affluent, male landowners,” she
said , a d d in g that w hile she
doesn’t know what it feels like to
live in skin of a different color,
she does know what it is like to
live life as a woman.
At the debate’s closing, O r
egon Action extracted a promise
from both can d id ates that if
elected, they would meet with the
city’s racial profiling committee
regularly, starting within 60 days
of taking office.
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