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NORTHWEST East Oregonian Page 2A Saturday, September 16, 2017 Westbound lanes of I-84 re-opened 54 suspected vote fraud cases emerge in Oregon By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM (AP) — A study of the November 2016 election in Oregon has revealed 54 cases of suspected voter fraud, repre- senting only .002 percent of votes cast, Oregon’s secretary of state announced Friday. Of the total, 46 people appar- ently voted in Oregon and in some other state, six ballots were turned in under the names of people listed as dead, and two people appeared to have voted more than once, Dennis Richardson said in a videotaped announcement . Rich- ardson said the evidence has been turned over to the Oregon attorney general’s office for criminal inves- tigation and prosecution. President Donald Trump has claimed that “millions of people” voted illegally in the election that he lost in the popular vote but won in the Electoral College. Presiden- tial adviser Stephen Miller has said an “astonishing” number of non-citizens were registered to vote. But Richardson, the state’s highest-ranking Republican, did not mention any non-citizens voting, and he made a point of saying the number of suspicious cases amounted to only one out of 38,000 ballots. “These are very low numbers compared to the amount of ballots that have been turned in,” he said. He also said in a statement that “there is no evidence that these fraudulent ballots impacted the outcome of any contest.” His office recently handed over a statewide list of voters to Trump’s commission investi- gating allegations of voter fraud, after it paid the $500 fee required of anyone seeking the information for non-commercial purposes. Made available were names, addresses, registration dates and status, birth year, precinct name and political party affiliation. But information that was not disclosed included Social Security and driver’s license numbers or how a person voted. Kristina Edmunson, spokes- woman for Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum’s office, said in an email to The Associated Press the office is reviewing the new materials provided by Richardson. Oregon’s Elections Division consulted with other states and used Oregon county data; the Electronic Registration Information Center, or ERIC, which is governed by a board of directors made up of member states, including Oregon; U.S. Postal Service change of address information; and Social Security death records, Debra Royal, Rich- ardson’s chief of staff, told AP in an email. “This is the most comprehen- sive check we have ever done with more data and a better data matching engine,” she quoted Elections Director Steve Trout as saying. Intentionally voting twice is a felony punishable by up to five years in prison and up to a $125,000 fine, Richardson said. While there have been isolated cases of voter fraud in the U.S., there is no evidence of it being a widespread problem. Experts also say this would be an inefficient way to rig an election, given the fraud would have to be conducted one voter at a time, and would only be effective in places where the race is close enough that the outcome could be swayed. Studies have shown voter impersonation to be quite rare. In one analysis, a Loyola Law School professor found 31 instances involving allegations of voter impersonation out of 1 billion votes cast in U.S. elections between 2000 and 2014. HOOD RIVER (OPB) — After prolonged closures from the Eagle Creek Fire, the westbound lanes of Interstate 84 opened Thursday evening between Hood River and Troutdale, according to the Oregon Department of Transportation. Eastbound lanes are still closed on that section of highway as crews continue risk assessment from the ongoing fire. DOT said in a statement they are confident the westbound lanes are clear of danger, but will close them again should conditions change. I-84 has been closed in both directions for 10 days following the eruption of the Eagle Creek Fire, which has burned 65 square miles so far and was 30 percent contained as of Friday. Firefighters are expected to get help from the weather, with rain in the forecast Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. GOVERNOR: Rural areas just starting to see benefits of an economic recovery Continued from 1A College Friday afternoon — sponsored by the college, the Eastern Oregon Women’s Coalition and the Confeder- ated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation — Brown said she was aware that the economic recovery had not fully reached rural Oregon. “So our focus has been really making sure that our communities that are struggling have the tools and the resources that they need to make sure that their kids can get an excellent education in that community, and also grow up and get a good-paying job in that community,” Brown said. The governor recalled visiting Ontario, a town of approximately 11,000 on the Idaho border, after this winter’s snowstorms devastated the primarily agricultural community. “I asked folks there, I said, ‘What can we do to make this community better?’” Brown said. “They said, we need a transloader facility. And you know what, Democrats and Republicans in the state legislature and everybody came together and said, ‘We’re going to fund a trans- loader facility for Ontario.’ And that’s exactly what we E.J. Harris/EO Media Group Gov. Kate Brown gets pancakes at the Cowboy Breakfast on Friday in Stillman Park while in town for the Pendleton Round-Up. did.” Statewide, Oregon is adding jobs quickly and its GDP is growing. But the state’s rural areas are just starting to see the benefits of an economic recovery that has boomed in Portland and other metro areas of the state. Generally, urban econo- mies tend to be more diverse than rural ones, and as a result bounce back more quickly from economic dips such as the Great Recession. Recent advances in technology and broader economic conditions have also fundamentally changed rural businesses, such as increased automation in timber and agriculture. 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Eastern and Central Oregon: Partly sunny today; pleasant across the north and in the south. Partly cloudy tonight. Western Washington: Mostly cloudy today, but sunnier across the south. Mostly cloudy tonight. Eastern Washington: Partly sunny today. Mainly cloudy tonight, except partly cloudy toward the Cascades. Cascades: Variable cloudiness today, except sunnier across the north. Patchy clouds tonight. Northern California: Mostly sunny today; cold in the interior mountains. Clear tonight. 1 remarks at the luncheon, said his community was pleased by the success of the transportation package and the renewal of a special economic development zone on the reservation. Sams said the tribes moni- tored more than 300 bills this legislative session, and while he keeps a close eye on gun-related legislation and wishes there was more funding for mental health treatment in the region, he was mostly pleased with poli- cymakers’ recent handling of issues affecting rural Oregon. For all of their political and cultural differences, rural and urban Oregon do face some common challenges — such as a dearth of affordable housing. Brown, a former legis- lator, concluded her speech Friday on that note, with a recollection that State Sen. Ted Ferrioli, R-John Day — now the Senate Minority Leader — attended her wedding in 1997. For Ferrioli, that meant a five- or six-hour drive. “It doesn’t matter where you live,” Brown said. “It doesn’t matter who you voted for. 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In a brief interview Friday morning, Brown countered by saying that she hopes the program can be tailored to support renewable energy projects in Eastern Oregon, where sun and wind are abundant. The cap-and-invest proposal, still in the early stages, is backed by Speaker of the House Tina Kotek, D-Portland, and various other Democrats in the legislature. This year’s legislative session did bring some victo- ries for rural Oregonians. Lawmakers were able to agree on a $5.3 billion transportation funding package and on $10 million in funding for economic development projects on the Oregon/Idaho border. On Friday, Brown also touted investments in housing and water infrastructure. 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