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Proof Ballot Content Report No County: POLK Date : 9/11/2020 1:20:51 PM User Name : Steckley, Cole Proof Ballot Content Report No. : E-019 Election : 11/03/2020 - General Election Federal Offices Federal President and Vice President Vote for 1 4 Year Term Donald J Trump / Michael R Pence Republican Joseph R Biden / Kamala D Harris Democrat Jo Jorgensen / Jeremy (Spike) Cohen Libertarian Howie Hawkins / Angela Walker Pacific Green Dario Hunter / Dawn Neptune Adams Progressive Number Candidates Filed: 5 US Senator Vote for 1 6 Year Term Jo Rae Perkins Republican Jeff Merkley Democrat, Independent, Working Families Ibrahim A Taher Pacific Green, Progressive Gary Dye Libertarian Number Candidates Filed: 4 Contest Total: 2 US Representative, 5th District US Representative, 5th District Vote for 1 2 Year Term Matthew James Rix Libertarian Amy Ryan Courser Republican Kurt Schrader Democrat Number Candidates Filed: 3 Contest Total: 1 Oregon Centralized Voter Registration Page : 1 County: POLK Date : 9/11/2020 1:20:51 PM User Name : Steckley, Cole Proof Ballot Content Report No. : E-019 Election : 11/03/2020 - General Election Partisan State Offices Statewide Partisan Secretary of State Vote for 1 4 Year Term Nathalie Paravicini Pacific Green, Progressive Kyle Markley Libertarian Kim Thatcher Republican, Independent Shemia Fagan Democrat, Working Families Number Candidates Filed: 4 State Treasurer Vote for 1 4 Year Term Michael P Marsh Constitution Tobias Read Democrat, Working Families Chris Henry Independent, Progressive, Pacific Green Jeff Gudman Republican Number Candidates Filed: 4 Attorney General Vote for 1 4 Year Term Ellen Rosenblum Democrat, Independent, Working Families Lars D H Hedbor Libertarian Michael Cross Republican Number Candidates Filed: 3 Contest Total: 3 Senate District 05 State Senator, 5th District Vote for 1 4 Year Term Dick Anderson Republican Shauleen Higgins Pacific Green Melissa T Cribbins Democrat, Independent, Working Families Number Candidates Filed: 3 Contest Total: 1 Senate District 10 State Senator, 10th District Vote for 1 2 Year Unexpired Term Deb Patterson Democrat, Working Families Denyc Boles Republican Taylor A Rickey Libertarian Number Candidates Filed: 3 Contest Total: 1 Oregon Centralized Voter Registration Page : 2 County: POLK Date : 9/11/2020 1:20:51 PM User Name : Steckley, Cole Proof Ballot Content Report No. : E-019 Election : 11/03/2020 - General Election Partisan State Offices Senate District 12 State Senator, 12th District Vote for 1 4 Year Term Brian J Boquist Republican, Independent Bernadette Hansen Democrat Number Candidates Filed: 2 Contest Total: 1 House District 10 State Representative, 10th District Vote for 1 2 Year Term David Gomberg Democrat, Independent Max Sherman Republican Number Candidates Filed: 2 Contest Total: 1 House District 20 State Representative, 20th District Vote for 1 2 Year Term Selma Pierce Republican, Independent Paul Evans Democrat, Working Families Number Candidates Filed: 2 Contest Total: 1 House District 23 State Representative, 23rd District Vote for 1 2 Year Term Alex Polikoff Pacific Green, Progressive Scott D Clawson Libertarian Mike Nearman Republican Sean K Scorvo Democrat Number Candidates Filed: 4 Contest Total: 1 Nonpartisan State Offices Statewide Nonpartisan Judge of the Supreme Court, Vote for 1 6 Year Term Position 4 Christopher L Garrett - Incumbent Number Candidates Filed: 1 Judge of the Court of Appeals, Vote for 1 6 Year Term Position 9 Jacqueline S Kamins - Incumbent Number Candidates Filed: 1 Contest Total: 2 Oregon Centralized Voter Registration Page : 3 County: POLK Date : 9/11/2020 1:20:51 PM User Name : Steckley, Cole Proof Ballot Content Report No. : E-019 Election : 11/03/2020 - General Election Statewide Nonpartisan Measure No: 107 Measure Designation: Referred to the People by the Legislative Assembly Caption: Amends Constitution: Allows laws limiting political campaign contributions and expenditures, requiring disclosure of political campaign contributions and expenditures, and requiring political campaign advertisements to identify who paid for them Result of Yes: “Yes” vote allows laws, created by the Legislative Assembly, local governments or voters that limit contributions and expenditures made to influence an election. Allows laws that require disclosure of contributions and expenditures made to influence an election. Allows laws that require campaign or election advertisements to identify who paid for them. Campaign contribution limits cannot prevent effective advocacy. Applies to laws enacted or approved on or after January 1, 2016. Result of No: “No” vote retains current law. Courts currently find the Oregon Constitution does not allow laws limiting campaign expenditures. Laws limiting contributions are allowed if the text of the law does not target expression. Summary: The Oregon Supreme Court has interpreted the Oregon Constitution to prohibit limits on expenditures made in connection with a political campaign or to influence the outcome of an election. Limits on contributions are allowed if the text of the law does not target expression. The proposed measure amends the Oregon Constitution to allow the Oregon Legislative Assembly, local governments, and the voters by initiative to pass laws that limit contributions and expenditures made in connection with a political campaign and contributions and expenditures made to influence an election. The measure would allow laws that require disclosure of political campaign and election contributions and expenditures. The measure would allow laws that require political campaign and election advertisements to identify who paid for them. Laws limiting campaign contributions cannot prevent effective advocacy. Measure applies to all laws enacted or approved on or after January 1, 2016. Financial Impact: This measure will have no financial effect on the expenditures or revenues of the state, counties, cities, or special districts in Oregon. Oregon Centralized Voter Registration Page : 4 County: POLK Date : 9/11/2020 1:20:51 PM User Name : Steckley, Cole Proof Ballot Content Report No. : E-019 Election : 11/03/2020 - General Election Statewide Nonpartisan Measure No: 108 Measure Designation: Referred to the People by the Legislative Assembly Caption: Increases cigarette and cigar taxes. Establishes tax on e-cigarettes and nicotine vaping devices. Funds health programs. Result of Yes: "Yes" vote increases cigarette tax by $2 per pack. Increases cap on cigar taxes to $1 per cigar. Establishes tax on nicotine inhalant delivery systems, such as e-cigarettes and vaping products. Funds health programs. Approves other provisions. Result of No: "No" vote retains current law. Cigarettes are taxed at current rate of $1.33 per pack. Tax on cigars is capped at 50 cents per cigar. Nicotine inhalant delivery systems, such as e-cigarettes and vaping products, remain untaxed. Summary: Under current law, a tax of $1.33 is imposed on each pack of 20 cigarettes, cigars are taxed at 65 percent of the wholesale price, up to a maximum of 50 cents per cigar, and nicotine inhalant delivery systems, such as e-cigarettes and vaping products, are not taxed. Measure increases the cigarette tax by $2 per pack and increases the maximum tax on cigars to $1 per cigar. Measure provides for smaller cigars (sold commonly as "cigarillos") to be taxed like cigarettes. Measure establishes tax on nicotine inhalant delivery systems, such as e-cigarettes and vaping products, at 65 percent of the wholesale price. Tax on nicotine inhalant delivery systems does not apply to approved tobacco cessation products or to marijuana inhalant delivery systems. Revenue from increased and new taxes will be used to fund health care coverage for low-income families, including mental health services, and to fund public health programs, including prevention and cessation programs, addressing tobacco- and nicotine-related diseases. Financial Impact: This referral increases taxes on cigarettes and cigars and establishes a tax on e-cigarettes and vaping devices and dedicates the revenues to health programs at the Oregon Health Authority. The measure will increase net state revenues by $111.1 million in 2019-21 and $331.4 million in 2021-23. The measure dedicates 90 percent of the revenue from the increased cigarette tax and the e-cigarette and vaping device tax to support the Oregon Health Plan and other medical assistance programs and 10 percent to tobacco use prevention and cessation programs. Funds spent on the Oregon Health Plan are eligible for federal matching funds. The direct expenditure impact of the measure is the cost of administering the tax increases, estimated at $1.0 million in 2019-21 and $1.3 million in 2021-23. Local governments, the state’s General Fund, and mental health programs at the Oregon Health Authority could see a decline in revenue if the measure passes. The current cigarette tax and the proposed tax are dedicated to different purposes. Beyond the cost of administration, the impact of the revenue increases and decreases on state and local government expenditures is indeterminate and will depend on decisions made by the governing bodies of those governments. Oregon Centralized Voter Registration Page : 5 County: POLK Date : 9/11/2020 1:20:51 PM User Name : Steckley, Cole Proof Ballot Content Report No. : E-019 Election : 11/03/2020 - General Election Statewide Nonpartisan Measure No: 109 Measure Designation: Proposed by Initiative Petition Caption: Allows manufacture, delivery, administration of psilocybin at supervised, licensed facilities;
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