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The Making Of, or Behind the Scenes
“Sign My Petition or I’ll Lose My Job!” EDN just went live with Part One of my investigative series. I am very curious to see what sort of reactions will occur — or if they occur, which I hope they do....
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Sign My Petition or I’ll Lose My Job – Part One
Sign My Petition or I’ll Lose My Job – Part One From Switzerland to Eugene: The History of the Oregon Initiative Process 2012 is an election year. From the presidential race to local ballot measures,...
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Sign My Petition or I’ll Lose My Job – Part Two
Sign My Petition or I’ll Lose My Job – Part Two The Human Cost of Canvassing Part 2 of a series on Oregon’s initiative and referendum process Robert Mueller is all smiles. He talks with great optimism...
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Sign My Petition or I’ll Lose My Job – Part Three
Sign My Petition or I’ll Lose My Job – Part Three Are Voters Getting the Whole Truth? “As grassroots democracy becomes greenbacks democracy, it dilutes what’s best about the initiative process. It is...
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Sign My Petition or I’ll Lose My Job – Part Four
Sign My Petition or I’ll Lose My Job – Part Four In 2003, angered by reports of fraud and corruption in the initiative process, a group of Oregon advocates decided to strike back. Taking to the...
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Sign My Petition or I’ll Lose My Job – Part Five
Sign My Petition or I’ll Lose My Job – Part Five The Future of the Oregon Initiative Process: A Conversation For the conclusion of EDN’s investigative series on Democracy Resources, R.L. Stollar asked...
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Yet Another Big Oops for the Oregon Marijuana Policy Initiative
First there was the $65,000 fine by the Oregon Secretary of State. OregonLive reports: “Oregon elections officials slapped a $65,000 fine on the chief petitioner of a marijuana legalization measure,...
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Pesticides in Lane County
Local groups are rallying to expand buffer zones to include people, not just fish. The rally comes in the midst of Day Owen’s (as well as other Triangle Lake residents’) fight against pesticide use...
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Big Money Behind Oregon’s Initiatives
To get an initiative on the ballot in Oregon, you need almost 100,000 signatures for a legislative change, and over 100,000 for a constitutional change. That’s a lot of signatures. Due to the work...
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High Priestess has done it again.
High Priestess has done it again. First they cybersquat on Sugar Candy and Memento Ink in such a blatant way that EDN picked up the story. Then they squat on Pure Devotion in such a way that KEZI...
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