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Minority & Small Business Week October 7, 2020 Page 3 INSIDE L O C A L N E W S Make a Plan toVote! Deadline for voter registration Tuesday, Oct. 13 M iChael l eighton p ortland o bserver e ditor With less than a month to go before the Nov. 3 General Elec- tion, a vote-by-mail ballot that will have a huge impact on the future of Portland, Multnomah County and the nation, potential voters are urged to make a plan to cast their vote and get it returned before the deadline. Multnomah County Audi- tor Jennifer McGuirk released a statement encouraging voters to make a plan to vote. “Voting is an important way to hold our election officials ac- countable,” McGuirk said. “It is a privilege our ancestors fought and died for. It is a privilege Black, Indigenous, and People of Color and women worked es- pecially hard to get. Your vote is power and it matters. Please don’t waste that power by not voting.” Not only will America be choosing a president in the na- tional contest, voters in Oregon will be deciding several local races for elected office, including the mayors of Gresham and Port- land. Important ballot issues are by M ETRO page 7 Arts & page 11 ENTERTAINMENT O PINION C LASSIFIED /B IDS tion treatment and recovery pro- gram funded by the states’ mar- ijuana tax revenue; and increase the cigarette tax from $1.33 per pack to $3.33 per pack while im- posing a tobacco tax on nicotine inhalant delivery systems like va- pes used for e-cigarettes. Everyone has a right to vote if they are a citizen of the United States, are at least 18 years old, and are registered to vote. The deadline to register in Oregon for the election is Tuesday, Oct. 13. The ballots will begin to be mailed out to potential voters the next day on Oct. 14, officials said. In order to be counted, all bal- lots in Oregon must be returned and received by county elections officials by the 8 p.m. deadline C ontinued on p age 6 page 15 pages 18 Criminal justice system reforms will be the topic Thursday, Oct.8 when Rep. Lew Frederick (left) of Portland and new Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt will discuss criminal justice system report during a virtual forum on Thursday, Oct. 8. Established 1970 USPS 959 680 4747 NE Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd., Portland, OR 97211 The Portland Observer welcomes freelance submissions. Manuscripts and photographs should be clearly labeled and will be returned if accompanied by a self addressed envelope. All created design display ads become the sole property of the newspaper and cannot be used in other publications or per- sonal usage without the written consent of the general man- ager, unless the client has purchased the composition of such ad. © 2008 THE PORTLAND OBSERVER. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, REPRODUCTION IN WHOLE OR IN PART WITHOUT PERMISSION IS PROHIBITED. The Portland Observer--Oregon’s Oldest Multicultural Publication--is a member of the National Newspaper Association--Founded in 1885, and The National Advertising Representative Amal- gamated Publishers, Inc, New York, NY, and The West Coast Black Publishers Association also facing voters statewide and in local jurisdictions, including tax measure requests to build a new high school on the Jeffer- son campus in north Portland, and funding transportation issues across the Metro region. Multnomah County has tax proposals to expand, renovate and construct new library branch- es and establish tuition-free pre- school. Portland voters are being asked to fund a new five-year levy for parks and nature areas and authorize a new, indepen- dent community police oversight board. Statewide, voters will be asked to legalize psilocybin mushrooms in controlled settings under the Oregon Health Authority; de- criminalize possession of certain drugs and establish a drug addic- PO QR code P ublisher : e ditor : Mark Washington, Sr. Michael Leighton Office Mngr/Clasfds: Lucinda Baldwin C reative d ireCtor : Paul Neufeldt o ffiCe a sst /s ales : Shawntell Washington CALL 503-288-0033 • FAX 503-288-0015• news@portlandobserver.com ads@portlandobserver.com• subscription@portlandobserver.com Postmaster: Send address changes to Portland Observer, PO Box 3137, Portland, OR 97208 What Next on Criminal Justice Reform? Lawmaker, new DA to discuss approaches Multnomah County District Attor- ney, will discuss criminal justice system reforms during a virtual forum this week by Willamette Women Democrats Frederick plans to talk about Lawmaker Lew Frederick five police reform and account- from Portland’s Black commu- ability proposals that may be nity and Mike Schmidt, the new brought forward in a special leg- islative session by the end of this year. The ideas include restrict- ing use of tear gas, requiring law enforcement officers to display identifying information, creating databases of misconduct and dis- cipline of public safety employees C ontinued on p age 6