Written Material Submitted for June 8/9 Public Comment Follows This Cover Page

Written material submitted for June 8/9th Public Comment follows this cover page

At this time, the Board of Commissioners strongly encourages public comment be submitted via email. If you wish to submit written comment, please send an email to [email protected] by no later than noon, the day before the scheduled meeting. In the email subject line please include: PUBLIC COMMENT FOR MEETING DATE MM/DD/YYYY. These emails will be compiled and will be included on the Board Agenda with a “view material” link. Please note, all emails submitted will be public record. From: Sara Wolk To: JONES Diana L (CAO) Subject: PUBLIC COMMENT FOR MEETING DATE 05/25/2021 Date: Wednesday, May 19, 2021 7:16:25 PM Attachments: One-Sheet+.pdf

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Dear Lane County Commissioners, The STAR Voting for Lane County campaign had close to 1/2 of our signatures collected with well over a year to go out of the 2 year window when the pandemic hit.

Having now lost 14 mouths out of our two year canvassing window, including a full summer's worth of events, we are now asking you to please take us into consideration and grant us an extension, so that we can continue the democratic process and pick up where we left off last March. Few activities are as high risk as canvassing, and by March of 2020 a few of our team were already down with Covid symptoms. We officially suspended our canvass on March 1st as well as moving all events and meetings online.

At first we thought that the delay was temporary and that we'd be back out soon but history had other plans for us. In order to be able to complete our initiative canvass in time and not waste the thousands of signatures we already have we will need your help. Learn more about STAR Voting here: http://starvoting.us Thank you for your consideration on this important issue!

Video: How Does STAR Voting Work? Necessity is the mother of invention and the last few years have been groundbreaking. Rising to the occasion, STAR Voting is a new voting method that is fair, accurate, and nationally viable.

“Give your favorite 5 stars, give your worst-case-scenario a 0, and arrange the rest in order of preference.”

The star ballot lets us show preference order, as well as our level of support for each candidate.

If your favorites can’t win, your vote still makes a difference.

Highly accurate no matter how many candidates are in the race.

No more vote splitting. No more spoilers!

Skipping the primary would make it cheaper and more accessible to run for ofﬁce, helping mitigate the inﬂuence of money in politics.

Our current system forces voters to pick one candidate only, and the incentive is to only vote for front-runners who you think are viable...

... but who gets to decide who’s “viable”? Q: What’s wrong with our current system?

● Our current “choose one” system is wildly inaccurate when there are more than two candidates. Voter blocks who support more than one candidate can end up divided and conquered.

● It’s especially vulnerable to “The Spoiler Effect,” a nasty type of vote splitting that breeds strategic voting, drives polarization, and magniﬁes the inﬂuence of money in politics.

Q: Why not just go with Ranked Choice Voting (IRV)?

● STAR Voting is a hybrid of Ranked Choice and Score Voting that is more accurate and more strategy-resistant than either.

● Although RCV is an improvement over the current system, it has some serious ﬂaws in elections with 3 or more viable candidates.

● In RCV, some ballots are “exhausted”, meaning that if your favorite is eliminated your vote may not be transferred to your next choice and your ballot isn’t always counted in the ﬁnal round.

● STAR Voting is more transparent. It uses simple addition and is counted locally, unlike RCV which must be tabulated centrally.

● In RCV it’s not necessarily a good idea to rank your favorite in 1st place. In some cases your vote can actually backﬁre. With STAR an honest vote is a strong vote!

Voting Method Scorecard From: Annie Kallen To: JONES Diana L (CAO) Subject: Please extend deadline for STAR Voting for Lane County petition Date: Monday, May 24, 2021 8:22:19 AM

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Dear Lane County Commissioners,

In spring of last year, we made the difficult decision to officially suspend signature gathering for our STAR Voting for Lane County (petition 20-2019-2) campaign, in order to protect the health of our volunteers and the community. As we are almost entirely a volunteer organization, this was a critical blow to our efforts, but we knew it was the right thing to do. As a consequence, we lost the vital summer months of 2020 to collect signatures, and over a year of time altogether. We are asking you to please extend the deadline for signature collecting due to the extraordinary circumstances of this pandemic. Our robust democratic processes are as necessary for the health of our communities as limiting the spread of Covid- 19 was. Thank-you for listening and giving consideration to doing what's right for Lane County in this situation.

Sincerely, Annie Kallen Chair, Equal Vote Coalition

Annie Kallen Equal Vote Coalition RepresentUs Multnomah County www.starvoting.us www.equal.vote www.represent.us

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Follow us on social media: Facebook Pages: Equal Vote, STAR Voting, STAR Voting Lane County, Represent Portland Facebook Groups: STAR Voting MultCo Volunteers, STAR Voting Lane County Volunteers STAR Voting: Twitter, Reddit, Instagram From: Wyatt Spear To: JONES Diana L (CAO) Subject: PUBLIC COMMENT FOR MEETING DATE 05/25/2021: Please extend the canvassing deadline for the STAR Voting ballot initiative Date: Monday, May 24, 2021 8:13:48 AM

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I encourage the commissioners to extend the canvassing deadline so STAR Voting in Lane County gets a fair shot at reaching the ballot. It would be a shame to let the pandemic's impact on high risk activities like canvassing derail this effort.

Regards, Wyatt Spear From: [email protected] To: JONES Diana L (CAO) Subject: PUBLIC COMMENT FOR MEETING DATE 05/25/2021 Date: Sunday, May 23, 2021 7:08:22 PM

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Dear Lane County Commissioners, The STAR Voting for Lane County campaign had close to 1/2 of our signatures collected with well over a year to go out of the 2 year window when the pandemic hit. Our signatures have been collected 100% by volunteers so far. But now, having lost over 14 months, including a full summer's worth of events, the home stretch is likely impossible without your help. We are asking you to please take us into consideration and grant STAR Voting for Lane County, petition 20-2019- 2, an extension equaling the lost time from the pandemic, so that we can continue the democratic process and pick up where we left off. We officially suspended our canvass on March 1st. The ballot initiative is a critical part of our democratic process, and STAR Voting is an important reform with broad non-partisan support across Lane County. Learn more about STAR Voting here: http://starvoting.us Thank you for your consideration on this important issue!

Mike Curtin 3177 Kinsrow Ave., #231 Eugene, OR 97401 541-357-4474 From: Wendy Cook To: JONES Diana L (CAO) Subject: PUBLIC COMMENT FOR MEETING DATE 05/25/2021 Date: Sunday, May 23, 2021 6:20:26 PM

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Dear Lane County Commissioners,

I will be unable to attend the May 25 meeting to deliver a public comment, but I encourage you to extend voting for the Lane County STAR Voting ballot initiative to make up for lost time during the COVID shut-down. Based on early progress and enthusiasm for the initiative prior to the pandemic, it deserves a fair shot at being brought to vote. Please grant STAR Voting for Lane County, petition 20-2019-2, an extension equaling the lost time from the pandemic, so we can continue the democratic process and pick up where we left off. The canvass was officially suspended on March 1st.

Thank you for your consideration on this important issue!

Wendy J. Cook (Sent from my iPad) From: Mathias Quackenbush To: JONES Diana L (CAO) Subject: PUBLIC COMMENT FOR MEETING DATE 05/25/2021 Date: Sunday, May 23, 2021 10:19:40 AM

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Dear Lane County Commissioners, The STAR Voting for Lane County campaign had close to 1/2 of our signatures collected with well over a year to go out of the 2 year window when the pandemic hit. Our signatures have been collected 100% by volunteers so far. But now, having lost over 14 months, including a full summer's worth of events, the home stretch is likely impossible without your help. We are asking you to please take us into consideration and grant STAR Voting for Lane County, petition 20-2019-2, an extension equaling the lost time from the pandemic, so that we can continue the democratic process and pick up where we left off. We officially suspended our canvass on March 1st. The ballot initiative is a critical part of our democratic process, and STAR Voting is an important reform with broad non-partisan support across Lane County. Learn more about STAR Voting here: http://starvoting.us Thank you for your consideration on this important issue! -- In solidarity,

Mathias Quackenbush, CSWA (He/him) 360-213-3524 From: Mark Osterloh To: JONES Diana L (CAO) Subject: PUBLIC COMMENT FOR MEETING DATE 05/25/2021 Date: Saturday, May 22, 2021 4:57:07 PM

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Dear Lane County Commissioners,

I am requesting that you extend the time by 14 months for STAR VOTING to collect the requisite number of petition signatures to place our initiative on the ballot. This is the amount of time the Covid pandemic prevented us from collecting signatures. I personally collected a couple thousand petition signatures as a volunteer. I am a strong believer in democracy and letting the voters speak their minds at the ballot box. A favorable ruling by you will be gratefully appreciated.

Sincerely, Mark Osterloh Lane County resident From: Brian Lighthart To: JONES Diana L (CAO) Subject: PUBLIC COMMENT FOR MEETING DATE 05/25/2021 Date: Saturday, May 22, 2021 7:53:56 AM

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Dear Lane County Commissioners,

Prior to the pandemic, STAR Voting for Lane County canvassing volunteers had collected nearly 1/2 of their required signatures with over a year remaining in the 2 year window. Canvassing was halted March 1, after symptoms of Covid began appearing among our volunteers.

Having lost over 14 months, we are ask that you grant STAR Voting for Lane County, petition 20-2019-2, an extension equaling the lost time from the pandemic.

STAR voting will better engage the electorate, while getting more representative results faster and at less expense to the County.

Learn more about STAR Voting here: https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/? url=http%3A%2F%2Fstarvoting.us%2F&data=04%7C01%7Cdiana.jones%40lanecountyor.gov%7Ccb732a6fc4c244fcb74e08d91d314f5f%7C74df5a22826e49429a741d199974dedf%7C0%7C0%7C637572920344003863%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=9uzlRxni2mpMCNstzfl0esozJw2QIVxbDjJRLz9JdB8%3D&reserved=0

Thank you for your consideration.

Brian Lighthart's mobile From: Brian Lighthart To: JONES Diana L (CAO) Subject: PUBLIC COMMENT FOR MEETING DATE 05/25/2021 Date: Saturday, May 22, 2021 7:53:56 AM

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Dear Lane County Commissioners,

Having lost over 14 months, we are ask that you grant STAR Voting for Lane County, petition 20-2019-2, an extension equaling the lost time from the pandemic.

STAR voting will better engage the electorate, while getting more representative results faster and at less expense to the County.

Thank you for your consideration.

Brian Lighthart's mobile From: Tod Schneider To: JONES Diana L (CAO) Subject: PUBLIC COMMENT FOR MEETING DATE 05/25/2021 Date: Friday, May 21, 2021 5:21:38 PM

[EXTERNAL ] Dear Lane County Commissioners,

The STAR Voting for Lane County campaign had close to 1/2 of our signatures collected with well over a year to go out of the 2 year window when the pandemic hit. Our signatures have been collected 100% by volunteers so far.

The ballot initiative is a critical part of our democratic process, and STAR Voting is an important reform with broad non-partisan support across Lane County.

Learn more about STAR Voting here: http://starvoting.us

Thank you for your consideration on this important issue!

Tod Schneider Cell: 541 543 1774

Email: [email protected] From: m stavish To: JONES Diana L (CAO) Subject: PUBLIC COMMENT FOR MEETING DATE 05/25/2021 Date: Monday, May 24, 2021 10:26:45 AM

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Dear Lane County Commissioners,

The ballot initiative is a critical part of our democratic process, and STAR Voting is an important reform with broad non-partisan support across Lane County.

Learn more about STAR Voting here: https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/? url=http%3A%2F%2Fstarvoting.us%2F&data=04%7C01%7Cdiana.jones%40lanecountyor.gov%7C935dcdf7f8fc45c780d008d91ed8eb3c%7C74df5a22826e49429a741d199974dedf%7C0%7C0%7C637574740035297389%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C2000&sdata=l79PFM9kq4E%2BJ5a9T8Hv4Cy84Kf6ZysWcDEkxtZFiJQ%3D&reserved=0

Thank you for your consideration on this important issue!

Michael Stavish From: Tony To: JONES Diana L (CAO) Subject: PUBLIC COMMENT FOR MEETING DATE 05/25/2021 Date: Monday, May 24, 2021 10:29:27 AM

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Dear Lane County Commissioners,

The ballot initiative is a critical part of our democratic process, and STAR Voting is an important reform with broad non-partisan support across Lane County.

Learn more about STAR Voting here: http://starvoting.us

Thank you for your consideration on this important issue! From: brian Stephenson To: JONES Diana L (CAO) Subject: PUBLIC COMMENT FOR MEETING DATE 05/25/2021 Date: Monday, May 24, 2021 9:04:34 AM

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Dear Lane County Commissioners,

The STAR Voting for Lane County campaign had close to 1/2 of our signatures collected with well over a year to go out of the 2 year window when the pandemic hit. The signatures have been collected 100% by volunteers so far.

But now, having lost over 14 months, including a full summer's worth of events, the home stretch is likely impossible without your help. I am asking you to please take current events into consideration and grant STAR Voting for Lane County, petition 20-2019-2, an extension equaling the lost time from the pandemic, so that we can continue the democratic process and pick up where we left off. The canvass was officially suspended on March 1st.

The ballot initiative is a critical part of our democratic process, and STAR Voting is an important reform with broad non-partisan support across Lane County.

Learn more about STAR Voting here: https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/? url=http%3A%2F%2Fstarvoting.us%2F&data=04%7C01%7Cdiana.jones%40lanecountyor.gov%7Cef76c3fab0e34f5e1e4108d91ecd6fde%7C74df5a22826e49429a741d199974dedf%7C0%7C0%7C637574690727455958%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C2000&sdata=nTiW6OIrVS%2Fx2N60fNW4i3SEmDqWSwjKqRxeBcZqpa4%3D&reserved=0

Thank you for your consideration on this important issue! From: m stavish To: JONES Diana L (CAO) Subject: PUBLIC COMMENT FOR MEETING DATE 05/25/2021 Date: Monday, May 24, 2021 10:26:45 AM

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Dear Lane County Commissioners,

The ballot initiative is a critical part of our democratic process, and STAR Voting is an important reform with broad non-partisan support across Lane County.

Learn more about STAR Voting here: https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/? url=http%3A%2F%2Fstarvoting.us%2F&data=04%7C01%7Cdiana.jones%40lanecountyor.gov%7C935dcdf7f8fc45c780d008d91ed8eb3c%7C74df5a22826e49429a741d199974dedf%7C0%7C0%7C637574740035297389%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C2000&sdata=l79PFM9kq4E%2BJ5a9T8Hv4Cy84Kf6ZysWcDEkxtZFiJQ%3D&reserved=0

Thank you for your consideration on this important issue!

Michael Stavish From: Sheri Rome-Riley To: JONES Diana L (CAO) Subject: PUBLIC COMMENT FOR MEETING DATE 05/25/2021 Date: Monday, May 24, 2021 10:55:07 AM

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Dear Lane County Commissioners,

The ballot initiative is a critical part of our democratic process, and STAR Voting is an important reform with broad non-partisan support across Lane County.

Learn more about STAR Voting here: http://starvoting.us

Thank you for your consideration on this important issue! From: jerold hawn To: JONES Diana L (CAO) Subject: PUBLIC COMMENT FOR MEETING DATE 05/25/2021 Date: Monday, May 24, 2021 11:17:16 AM

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Dear Lane County Commissioners,

But now, having lost over 14 months, including a full summer's worth of events, the home stretch is likely impossible without your help. We are asking you to please take us into consideration and grant STAR Voting for Lane County, petition 20-2019-2, an extension equaling the lost time from the pandemic, so that we can continue the democratic process and pick up where we left off. We officially suspended our canvass on March 1st, after some volunteers came down with Covid 19. Canvassing is a risky activity during the pandemic, and it’s reasonable to allow an extension of time to complete the original time granted to collect signatures for a ballot initiative, now that time and increased vaccinations have reduced the risk of such contact.

The ballot initiative is a critical part of our democratic process, and STAR Voting is an important reform with broad non-partisan support across Lane County.

Learn more about STAR Voting here: https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/? url=http%3A%2F%2Fstarvoting.us%2F&data=04%7C01%7Cdiana.jones%40lanecountyor.gov%7Ce6e64804e79c4504f43708d91ee00032%7C74df5a22826e49429a741d199974dedf%7C0%7C0%7C637574770291954364%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C2000&sdata=c0WXIIzxOe2pL7kZjecYBfK3r84icIZmp5%2BNGx%2BvR3k%3D&reserved=0

Thank you for your consideration on this important issue!

Jerold A. Hawn, MD Research Medical Director Center for Medical Education & Research (CMER) Peace Health 722 E. 11th Ave. Suite 100 Eugene, OR 97401 [email protected] (458) 205-6772w (541) 914-9009c