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Tuesday, November 4, 2008

Election 2008 Why the Hell Was Measure 61 This Tight?

Posted by Sarah Mirk on Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 9:35 PM

Early results on the mandatory minimums measure that would blow a $2 billion hole in the state budget:

Yes Votes 86,359 43.11 percent
No Votes 113,957 56.89 percent

WTF Oregon? In a sane society, this would have gone down in flames.

 

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In a sane society, no one would have endorsed measure 60. Glass houses, y'all...
Posted by A cat on November 4, 2008 at 9:45 PM · Report
2
No kidding! Your endorsement and empty defense of measure 60 forfeits your right to make statements about close measures.
Posted by "they" are idiots on November 4, 2008 at 10:15 PM · Report
3
I third that shit.
Posted by High School Teacher on November 4, 2008 at 10:19 PM · Report
4
Alison and I fourth it!
Posted by Amy J. Ruiz on November 4, 2008 at 10:43 PM · Report
5
Um... someone else posted under my name. But I can't really argue.
Posted by Amy J. Ruiz on November 4, 2008 at 11:02 PM · Report
6
So far only 33% of Multnomah county has been counted, but most of red state rural Oregon is counted. If the trend in Portland continues then measure 61 did go down in flames, and Merkley beat Smith by a wide margin.
Posted by Smiley on November 5, 2008 at 12:18 AM · Report
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It doesn't even matter if Measure 61 wins or not, because the Oregon State Legislature already set us all up for the fall with measure 57. Instead of concentrating resources and manpower on a campaign to shut down Measure 61, the Legislature offers up a watered down version in the form of Measure 57. This completely deflated all possibility of dodging the "mandatory minimums" bullet, preserving the independence of our judiciary, and avoiding a state corrections budget crisis.
Posted by Arthoof on November 5, 2008 at 2:11 AM · Report

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