Voters’ Pamphlet Oregon General Election November 4, 2014 Kate Brown Oregon Secretary of State This voters’ pamphlet is provided for assistance in casting your vote by mail ballot. OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE ELECTIONS DIVISION JIM WILLIAMS KATE BROWN DIRECTOR SECRETARY OF STATE 255 CAPITOL ST NE, SUITE 501 ROBERT TAYLOR SALEM, OREGON 97310 DEPUTY SECRETARY OF STATE (503) 986-1518 Dear Oregon Voters, I’m pleased to present the 2014 General Election Voters’ Pamphlet. Inside you will find valuable information about ballot measures that will affect your rights, as well as candidates who would like to represent you. If you are not yet registered to vote, you have until October 14 to do so. Paper registration forms must be received by your county elections office by 5 p.m. You can register online until 11:59 p.m. by visiting www.oregonvotes.gov. As Oregonians, we are fortunate to live in a state that has removed many barriers to voting. We make it easier for voters serving in the military and voters living overseas to get access to a ballot. We use tablets and computers to make it easier for voters with disabilities to cast ballots. And we deliver a ballot in the mail to every registered Oregonian. It’s your decision whether to mail in the ballot or drop it off in person. As your Secretary of State, I encourage all eligible Oregonians to exercise their fundamental right to vote. I also urge Oregonians to inform themselves about ballot measures and candidates. Read arguments on both sides of the measures. Learn where candidates stand on issues that matter to you. That’s where the Voters’ Pamphlet comes in. It is a great source of information to help you make informed decisions in this election. Every county in Oregon should strive to have the highest voter participation rate – and it’s up to each and every voter to do their part by voting. In the 2014 Primary Election, I challenged voters in Oregon’s 36 counties to earn the distinction of having the highest voter participation rate in Oregon - and Grant County voters won that challenge! Congratulations to Grant County voters, and let’s see which county wins the challenge for this General Election. Four years ago in the last gubernatorial election, Wheeler County led the state with an 84.5% turnout. Not far behind were Wallowa with 82.5% and Harney with 81.4% turnout. So in this 2014 General Election, I encourage you to look to the people of Wheeler, Wallowa and Harney counties as models. Vote! Be heard! And help your county earn the honor of having the highest voter participation rate in Oregon! Please remember that all ballots must be received by your county elections office by 8 p.m. on Tuesday, November 4, 2014. Postmarks do not count. If you have questions, please call our toll free hotline at 1-866-ORE-VOTE, or visit our website at www.oregonvotes.gov. Sincerely, Kate Brown Oregon Secretary of State Voters’ Pamphlet General Election November 4, 2014 Table of Contents General Information Voters’ Pamphlet Information 4 List of Candidates & Measures 6 Oregon Voter Bill of Rights 21 Voters with Disabilities 140 Voter Registration Information 142 Candidates Partisan Candidates 8 Nonpartisan Candidates 20 Political Party Statements Constitution Party 22 Democratic Party 23 Independent Party 24 Libertarian Party 25 Pacific Green Party 26 Progressive Party 27 Republican Party 28 Working Families Party 29 Measures Measure 86 30 Measure 87 37 Measure 88 39 Measure 89 58 Measure 90 67 Measure 91 93 Measure 92 121 Voting Information Absentee Ballot Information 11 Returning Your Ballot 15 Vote by Mail 139 County Elections Officials 144 Additional Information Pages Online Resources 5 Voting & Ballot Prohibitions 138 ORESTAR 146 Index Index of Candidates 147 4 General Information | Voters’ Pamphlet Information Voters’ Pamphlet The explanatory statement is an impartial statement explaining the measure. Each measure’s explanatory statement is written Your official 2014 General Election Voters’ Pamphlet provides by a committee of five members, including two proponents you with information about candidates who will appear on of the measure, two opponents of the measure and a fifth your ballot. member appointed by the first four committee members, or, if they fail to agree on a fifth member, appointed by the Secretary It includes instructions for marking your ballot, a complete list of State. Explanatory statements can be appealed and may be of federal and state candidates, as well as other information to changed by the Oregon Supreme Court. assist you through the voting process. Citizens or organizations may file arguments in favor of, or in Candidate statements are printed as submitted. The state does opposition to, measures by purchasing space for $1,200 or by not correct punctuation, grammar, syntax errors or inaccurate submitting a petition signed by 500 voters. Arguments in favor of a information. The only changes made are attempts to correct measure appear first, followed by arguments in opposition to the spelling errors if the word as originally submitted is not in the measure, and are printed in a random order within each category. dictionary. The voters’ pamphlet has been compiled by the Secretary of Random Alphabet State since 1903, when Oregon became one of the first states to provide for the printing and distribution of such a publication. Oregon statute (ORS 254.155) requires the Secretary of State One copy of the voters’ pamphlet is mailed to every household to complete a random order of the letters of the alphabet to in the state. Additional copies are available at the Secretary of determine the order in which the names of candidates appear State’s office, local post offices, courthouses and all county elec- on the ballot. tions offices. It can also be viewed at www.oregonvotes.gov. The alphabet for the 2014 General Election is: Candidates O, Q, C, N, M, R, D, Z, T, H, P, J, A, Y, V, I, K, B, U, G, S, F, L, E, W, X In the general election, candidates are divided into two Website sections: partisan candidates and nonpartisan candidates. Partisan candidates appear before nonpartisan candidates. Most of the information contained in this voters’ pamphlet is also Candidates pay a fee, or submit signatures in lieu of paying the available in the Online Voters’ Guide at www.oregonvotes.gov. fee, for space in the voters’ pamphlet. The information required by law—pertaining to occupation, occupational background, educational background and prior governmental experience— Español has been certified as true by each candidate. Una versión en español de algunas partes de la Guía del Elector está a su disposición en el portal del Internet cuya Measures dirección aparece arriba. Conscientes de que este material en línea podría no llegar adecuadamente a todos los electores que For each of the measures in this voters’ pamphlet you will find necesitan este servicio, se invita a toda persona a imprimir la the following information: versión en línea y circularla a aquellos electores que no tengan acceso a una computadora. (1) the ballot title; (2) the estimate of financial impact; Important! (3) an explanation of the estimate of financial impact, if deter- If your ballot is lost, destroyed, damaged or you make a mined to be necessary by the committee; mistake in marking your ballot, you may call your county (4) the complete text of the proposed measure; elections office and request a replacement ballot. One will be mailed to you as long as you request it by October 30. After (5) an impartial statement explaining the measure (explanatory that, you may pick it up at the elections office. If you have statement); already mailed your original ballot before you realize you made (6) a legislative argument in support of the measure; and a mistake, you have cast your vote and will not be eligible for a replacement ballot. (7) any arguments filed by proponents and opponents of the measure. Your voted ballot must be returned to your county elections office by 8pm election day, Tuesday, November 4, 2014. The ballot title is generally drafted by the Attorney General’s office. It is then distributed to a list of interested parties for Postmarks do not count! public comment. After review of any comments submitted, the ballot title is certified by the Attorney General’s office. The certi- County elections offices are open on election day from 7am fied ballot title can be appealed and may be changed by the to 8pm. Oregon Supreme Court. The estimate of financial impact for each measure is generally Voter Information prepared by a committee of state officials including the Secre- For questions about voter registration, ballot delivery and tary of State, the State Treasurer, the Director of the Department return, marking the ballot, requesting a replacement ballot, of Administrative Services, the Director of the Department absentee ballots, signature requirements, the voters’ of Revenue, and a local government representative selected pamphlet, when and where to vote, and other questions by the committee members. The committee estimates only about elections and voting, call the toll-free voter information the direct impact on state and local governments, based on line at 1-866-ORE-VOTE (1-866-673-8683). information presented to the committee. In addition, the com- mittee may choose to provide an explanation of the estimate of Voter information line representatives can provide services financial impact statement. in both English and Spanish. TTY services for the hearing impaired are also available at 1-800-735-2900. Disclaimer Information provided in statements or arguments submitted by a candidate, a political party, an assembly of electors or a person supporting or opposing a measure have not been verified for accuracy by the State of Oregon.