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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.
But rural Oregonians can
also be heard complaining
of
a
Portland-centric
government that, from a
regulatory perspective, fails
to acknowledge the needs of
further-flung corners of the
state.
For example, State Rep.
Cliff Bentz, R-Ontario,
whose district spans about a
third of Eastern Oregon, this
week expressed concerns
about the effects of a
proposed
cap-and-invest
program on rural Orego-
nians, who typically must
drive further to get to work,
school and shopping.
His fear is that a
cap-and-invest
program,
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Partly sunny and
beautiful
More clouds than
sunshine
72° 44°
75° 53°
MONDAY
TUESDAY
Cloudy, showers
around; cooler
Cool with periods
of rain
PENDLETON TEMPERATURE FORECAST
64° 49°
64° 49°
59° 48°
HERMISTON TEMPERATURE FORECAST
77° 54°
74° 41°
PENDLETON
through 3 p.m. yesterday
TEMPERATURE
HIGH
LOW
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78°
99° (2013)
46°
50°
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TEMPERATURE
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Sep 27
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Enterprise
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The Dalles 74/41
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Salem
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Corvallis 78/47
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John Day
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Burns
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Enterprise
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Heppner
Hermiston
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REGIONAL FORECAST
Coastal Oregon: Mostly cloudy today,
except sunny to partly cloudy in the south.
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.
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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. We all think that Oregon
is special, and I know that
by working together, we can
keep it that way.”
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which would place limits
on the amount of carbon
dioxide that businesses can
emit every year, would lead
to higher prices at the fuel
pump and directly affect
pocketbooks and commerce
in rural Oregon.
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.
Chuck Sams, commu-
nications director for the
Confederated Tribes of the
Umatilla Indian Reserva-
tion, who introduced the
governor before she made
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central Plains to the western Great Lakes as cool and wet weather lingers over the northern
Plains and Rockies.
Yesterday’s National Extremes: (for the 48 contiguous states)
High 102° in Laredo, Texas
Low 27° in Sunriver, Ore.
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Baltimore
Billings
Birmingham
Boise
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Dallas
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