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SAMPLE BALLOT • GENERAL ELECTION MORROW COUNTY, OREGON • NOVEMBER 3,1998 ONLY THE APPROPRIATE • CANDIDATES AND MEASURI ES FOR EACH PRECINCT WILL AF »PEAR ON THAT PRECINCTS BALLOT 60 REQUIRES VOTE BY MAIL IN BIENNIAL PRIMARY. GENERAL ELECTIONS 61 CHANGES MINIMUM SENTENCES FOR LISTED CRIMES. INCLUDING CERTAIN REPEAT OFFENSES RESULT OF “YES" VOTE: “Yes ’ vote amends ex isting law to require vote by mail in biennial pri RESULT OF "YES" VOTE: “Yes” vote changes minimum sentences for listed crimes, including mary, general elections. certain repeat offenses. RESULT OF “NO" VOTE: “No" vote retains cur rent law prohibiting vote by mail in biennial pri RESULT OF “NO" VOTE: “No" vote retains present sentencing statutes and guidelines for mary or general elections. listed cnmes. including repeat offenses. SUMMARY: Current law prohibits vote by mail for biennial primary or general elections. This SUMMARY: Establishes minimum sentences for proposal eliminates the prohibition and requires crimes listed as “major crimes." Provides one vote by mail for biennial primary or general elec to three year proportionally increased sentences tions. The proposal does not affect existing law for major crimes, aggravated murder or murder permitting the Secretary of State and county clerk if person has one to three pnor convictions for to conduct other elections either at the polls or maior crime within past 10 years. Prior juvenile court adjudications involving major crimes ap by mail. ply to increase sentence. Treats prior conviction ESTIMATE OF FINANCIAL IMPACT: County gov for driving under influence of intoxicants as ma ernment expenditures are estimated to be re jor come if current conviction is for criminally duced each Primary and General Election year negligent homicide using vehicle Prohibits tem porary leave or other reduction in additional by $3,021,709 prison time imposed under measure. ESTIMATE OF FINANCIAL IMPACT: The manda tory and presumptive sentences imposed under this measure are estimated to require 4,300 new prison beds by 2006, with direct state expendi tures for prison construction and start-up of $470 million by 2006. Direct state expenditures for prison operating costs and debt service are estimated at $21 mil lion in 1999-2000 and $40 million in 2000-2001. growing to $125 million in 2005-2006. Commu nity corrections payments from the state to coun ties for probation and post-prison supervision are estimated to be reduced by $800,000 in 1999-2000. $1 9 million in 2000-2001, and $1 4 million in 2005-2006. Under this measure, direct state expenditures for court operations are estimated at $100,000 in 1998-1999 and $175,000 in each of the next two years. State expenditures for indigent defense are estimated at $350,000 in 1998-1999 and $900,000 in each of the next two years. Maior factors affecting this estimate include • Plea bargaining practices of prosecuting at torneys; • Prior criminal history of offenders; • Sentencing practices of judges. • Numbers of arrests: and • Type of prison bed. minimum or medium security. 62 AMENDS CONSTITUTION: REQUIRES CAMPAIGN FINANCE DISCLOSURES: REGULATES SIGNATURE GATHERING; GUARANTEES CONTRIBUTION METHODS RESULT OF "YES" VOTE: “Yes" vote requires additional campaign finance disclosures: regu lates signature gathering; guarantees certain contribution methods RESULT OF “NO" VOTE: “No" vote rejects re quiring additional campaign finance disclosures, regulating signature gathering, guaranteeing cer tain contribution methods. SUMMARY: Amends constitution. Existing stat utes require disclosing certain campaign fi nances. Measure adds constitutional require ments for prompter disclosure of contributions $500 or more; more frequent disclosure of con- tnbutions/expenditures for referendum/imtiative petitions. Requires disclosing entity authorizing/ paying for political advertising. Legislature may regulate, prohibit paying signature gatherers if it finds practice has caused fraud, other abuses. Guarantees individuals' right to make campaign contributions using certain methods. Secretary of State must promptly publish finance reports. Prohibits payments for sigmng/not signing pe titions. Specifies penalties Other provisions. ESTIMATE OF FINANCIAL IMPACT: This measure is estimated to increase state expenditures by $248,000 a year, with an additional one-time-only start up cost to the state of $104,000. Expendi tures by county and city elections filing officers cannot be calculated, due to insufficient data. 63 AMENDS CONSTITUTION: MEASURES PROPOSING SUPERMAJORITY VOTING REQUIREMENTS REQUIRE SAME SUPERMAJORITY FOR PASSAGE RESULT OF “YES" VOTE: “Yes" vote allows pas sage of greater-than-majority voting require ments only by equally large majority RESULT OF “NO" VOTE: "No" vote allows simple majority to pass measures that impose greater- than-ruaiority voting requirements. SUMMARY: Amends constitution. Measures in cluding a requirement for more than a majority of votes cast by the electorate to approve any change in law or government action would be come effective only if approved by at least the same percentage of voters specified in that pro posed voting requirement For example, a mea sure imposing a 2/3 majority voting requirement to change law would require a 2/3 majority to pass. Applies to initiated, referred measures pre sented to voters on or after November 3.1998. including measures on same ballot ESTIMATE OF FINANCIAL IMPACT: No financial effect on state or local government expenditures or revenues. r SAMPLE BALLOT • GENERAL ELECTION MORROW COUNTY, OREGON • NOVEMBER 3,1998 ONLY THE APPROPRIATE CANDIDATES AND MEASURES FOR EACH PRECINCT WILL APPEAR ON THAT PRECINCTS BALLOT 64 PROHIBITS MANY PRESENT TIMBER HARVEST PRACTICES. IMPOSES MORE RESTRICTIVE REGULATIONS 65 AMENDS CONSTITUTION: CREATES PROCESS FOR REQUIRING LEGISLATURE TO REVIEW ADMINISTRATIVE RULES 67 ALLOWS MEDICAL USE OF MARIJUANA WITHIN LIMITS: ESTABLISHES PERMIT SYSTEM RESULT OF "YES" VOTE: “Yes” vote allows RESULT OF “YES" VOTE: “Yes ’ vote adopts re strictions on timber harvest practices, including RESULT OF “YES" VOTE: “Yes" vote creates pro medical use of marijuana within specified limits: federal regulation, allows citizen-suit enforce cess for petitioning legislature to require its re establishes state-controlled permit system. view of administrative rules. ment. RESULT OF “NO" VOTE: “No” vote retains Oregon RESULT OF “NO" VOTE: “No" vote retains cur RESULT OF “NO" VOTE: “No" vote keeps sys criminal, civil forfeiture laws prohibiting posses rent regulations concerning timber harvest prac tem not requiring legislative approval for admin sion, delivery and production of manjuana istrative rules to remain in effect. tices. SUMMARY: Oregon statutes currently prohibit SUMMARY: Prohibits many present timber har SUMMARY: Amends constitution. Current law possession, delivery, production of marijuana vest practices, chemical herbicides, pesticides does not require legislative review of adminis-, Measure allows engaging in. assisting medical in forest. Limits size of trees that can be har trative rules Measure allows voters to require use of marijuana, within specified limits. vested. Covers private, state, federal forestlands. legislative review of administrative rules at next Imposes new harvest regulations including fed regular session when petition, signed by speci Requires medical use be necessary to mitigate eral regulation by classifying forestland waters fied number of voters, is filed listing affected symptoms, effects of debilitating medical con as "navigable." State Board of Forestry must rules. Rule remains effective until reviewed by dition, including cancer, glaucoma. AIDS. HIV, adopt new timber harvest methods and regula legislature, but rule ceases to be in effect unless multiple sclerosis, others. Establishes state per tions to meet new requirements. Requires state approved. If governor vetoes bill, rule is disap mit system requiring physician s written proof to submit new forestland water quality plan to proved unless legislature overrides veto. If rule Within specified limitations, exempts permit federal Environmental Protection Agency, seek is not approved, state agency may adopt new rule holder or applicant from marijuana criminal stat approval before permitting logging. Authorizes on same issue, but legislative review is required. utes: authorizes criminal charge defense for medical use without permit. citizens suits to enforce new harvest restrictions ESTIMATE OF FINANCIAL IMPACT: No financial or other provisions of measure. effect on state or local government expenditures Limits amounts of usable marijuana, number of plants that may be possessed. Other provisions. ESTIMATE OF FINANCIAL IMPACT: State rev or revenues. enues are estimated to decrease $25,000,000 per ESTIMATE OF FINANCIAL IMPACT: Direct annual year. This estimate assumes a 60% harvest re state expenditures are estimated at $147,000. duction in western Oregon and a 65% harvest 66 AMENDS CONSTITUTION: DEDICATES SOME LOTTERY FUNDING TO PARKS, based on the assumption that 500 applicants will reduction in eastern Oregon. These estimated 8EACHES; HABITAT, WATERSHED register with the Oregon Health Division per year. decreases apply to private, local and state lands. PROTECTION Some or all of these costs may be offset by fees to be established by the Health Division as pro Current state expenditures are estimated to de vided in the measure crease by $25,000,000 because of the revenue loss. Major annual state expenditure reductions RESULT OF “YES" VOTE: “Yes“ vote dedicates would occur in forest management, fire protec 15 percent lottery funding to parks, beaches: tion. and regulation, timber tax revenue and ad salmon, wildlife habitat, watershed protection. ministration, and Common School Fund forest RESULT OF “NO" VOTE: “No" vote retains sys land management. tem restricting state lottery funding to job cre Also, added regulations required by this mea ation, economic development, public education. sure would increase the need for ongoing state SUMMARY: Amends constitution. State lottery government expenditures above current require ments by $5,000,000 per year. One-time state proceeds currently limited to job creation, eco nomic development, public education. Measure expenditures of $1,400,000 would be required dedicates 15 percent of net lottery proceeds to Revenues to schools are estimated to decrease new fund for parks, beaches; salmon, wildlife by $33,200,000 a year County and special dis habitat, watershed protection Dedicates half of trict revenues are estimated to decrease by fund to create, maintain state parks, ocean shores, public beach access areas, historic sites, $7,800,000 per year. recreation areas Dedicates other half for single Revenues that contribute to the Common School agency to administer funds to protect native Fund will be reduced by $8,700,000 primarily due salmon, wildlife habitat, watersheds, using at to an estimated 84% decrease in harvest on Com least 65 percent for capital expenditures. Re mon School Fund Trust lands This, in turn, will quires biennial audits, voter renewal in 2014 mean reduced earnings on the Common School Other provisions. Fund principal for distribution to schools ESTIMATE OF FINANCIAL IMPACT: An estimated $46 2 million of state lottery proceeds will be directed each year to parks and natural resources until the year 2014. when there is an automatic revote Currently the Oregon legislature allocates those funds to a variety of programs including, but not limited to. education, economic and com munity development, natural resources and transportation This estimate is based on 1999- 2001 projections of lottery proceeds
