State Voters' Pamphlet
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STATE OF OREGON General Election November 8, 1966 Compiled and Distributed by TOM McCALL Secretary of State INFORMATION FOR VOTERS (1) Requirements for a citizen to You are physically unable qualify as a voter: to go to the polls. Citizen of the United States. Application for the ballot may be Twenty-one or more years of age. filed with, or mailed to the Resided in the state at least six County Clerk at any time with months. in 60 days before the General Able to read and write English. election, September 9-Novem Registered as an elector with the ber· 7 (Service voters, after County Clerk or official regis January 1 of election year). trar at least 30 days before Application includes: election. Your signature. (2) Voting by absentee ballot. Address or precinct number. You may apply for an absentee Statement of reason for ap- ballot if: plication. You are a registered voter. Applications filed less than five ("Service voters" are auto days before election, Novem matically registered by fol ber 3-7, require additional lowing the service voting statement that: procedure.) Voter is physically unable to You have reason to believe get to the polls, or you will be absent from Voter was unexpectedly your county on election called out of the county in day. the five-day period. You live more than 15 miles Emergencies on Election Day: from your polling place. Physical disability must be You are unable by reason of certified by licensed practi physical disability to go to tioner of healing arts or the polls. authorized Christian Science You are a "service voter". practitioner. Involuntary You are a · "service voter" public services such as fire if you are: fighting to be certified by In the Armed Forces or person in charge. Merchant Marine of the Ballot, when voted by elector, United States. must be returned to County A civilian employee of the Clerk not later than 8 p.m. on United States, serving election day. outside the country. (3) A voter may obtain from his A member of a religious County Clerk a certificate of group or welfare agency registration if he: assisting members of the Changes residence within his Armed Forces. precinct, county or to another A spouse and dependents of county within 60 days prior to a "service voter" who the ensuin~ election and has have been Oregon resi not reregistered. (Certificate is dents and are tempo presented to his election board.) rarily living outside the Is absent from his county on elec county in which the last tion day. (Certificate may be home residence in this presented to the election board state of the "service in any county in the state. voter" is located. Elector may vote only for state How a voter may obtain and use and district offices.) an absentee ballot. You may apply for an ab- (4) A voter is required to reregister sentee ballot if: if he: You will be. temporarily Changes address by moving absent from your county within his precinct or moving on election day. to another precinct or county. You live more than 15 miles Changes party registration. from your polling place. Changes name. (See back of book for list of candidates) Official Voters' Pamphlet GeneraZ EZection, November 8, 1966 5 6. Official Voters' Pamphlet Measure No. 1 Public Transportation System Employes Constitutional Amendment Proposed 1by the Fifty-third Legislative Assembly by House Joint Reso lution No. 13, filed in the office of the Secretary of State on May 18, 1005, and referred to the people as provided by Section 1, Article XVII of the Constitution. Explanation By Committee Designated Pursuant to ORS 254.210 Under present Oregon Lew certain rights and benefits, particularly those falling in the area of pensions, earned by .employes working for private transit systems, would be jeopardized or destroyed by transfer of that system to public ownership or control. In some drcumstances the public agency would be without authority to protect those rights. Measure No. 1 requires public agencies rto "make fair and equitable atrangements to protect the interests of employes and retired employes" affected by the assumption of responsibility for operation of a public trans portation system by a governmental agency or subdivision. The measure authorizes the governmental body to make such arrangements as "may be necessary for the preservation of rights, privileges and benefits" which were .. in existence at the time of the take-over by the governmental agency. The measure would make possible the acquisition or assumption of responsibility for operation of public transportation systems by public agen cies· or municipal corporations without penalty to current employes or retired employes receiving pensions from those systems. The mea·sure would also bring the State of Oregon into compliance with a requirement of the Federal Mass Transportation Act of 1964 which provides as a condition of federal assistance to cities, counties and states for modern ization, expansion, or other improvements in their mass transportation facilities and services, that "It shall be a condition of any assistance under this Act that fair and equitable arrangements are made . to protect the interests of employes affected by such assistance." Such federal assistance may amount to two-thirds of the financing required to underwrite a transportation improvement program. Federal aid is available to governmental agencies, not only for transportation sys . terns operated by those agencies, but also when applying for such funds on behalf of a private carrier. Measure No. 1 does not transfer or require the transfer of ownership or control of private transportation systems to public agencies. It provides that, should such a transfer become necessary or advisable to meet the needs of the future, employes of affected transportation systems will be protected. GEORGE J. ANNALA, Hood River WILLIAM F. LUBERSKY, Portland MELVIN W. SCHOPPERT, Portland General Election, November 8, 1966 7 Measure No. 1 Public Transportation System Employes Constitutional Amendment Argument in Favor Submitted by Legislative Committee provided by Subsection (3) of ORS 255.421 The eonstitution of Oregon does not presently provide for the continuation of pension plans, job benefits, etc .. of transit employees whose transportation systems may be taken over by public agencies. Unless its statutes are amended, the rights of deserving employees and pensioners in such cases would be put in jeopardy, and the ability of our state to develop its metro politan and inter-city transit systems to meet the needs of the future will be hampered. Recognizing this situation, the 1965 Legislature passed a bill (by a 25-0 vote in the Senate and a 50-7 margin in the House) to refer to the people this constitutional amendment. It will require that public bodies taking over any public transportation system protect the pension rights and job benefits of all existing and retired employees of the old system. THIS MEASURE DOES NOT PROVIDE NEW BENEFITS FOR TRANSIT EMPLOYEES, NOR DOES IT TRANSFER THE OPERATIONS OF PRIVATE CARRIERS TO PUBLIC AGENCIES. The purpose of the measure is simply to make it possible for such a changeover to be effected should it be in the public interest to do so. With the population growth and mounting complexity of urban areas, it has be eome increasingly more diffkult for private carriers to expand their services and still maintain economical rate structures. The trend in most American metropolises is toward public subsidization or outright assumption of the responsibility to provide economical, efficient mass transportation service. Oregon should be prepared to meet this trend, without, at the same time, penalizing private carriers which can meet the demands of the future. PASSAGE OF MEASURE NO. 1 IS ESSENTIAL IF OREGON IS TO QUALIFY FOR FEDERAL MASS TRANSPORTATION AID FUNDS. The Federal Mass Transportation Act of 1964 provides for millions of dollars in federal aid funds to help cities, counties and states modernize and improve their mass transportation fadlities and servkes. However, a key provision of this Act is that "fair and equitable arrangements are made . to protect the interests of employees affected by such assistance." This means that-if local or state government is to qualify for such federal aid-it must insure that existing employee pensi'On rights, etc. are not jeopardized by the changeover from private to public control. The same applies for a public agency or political sub-division that requests aid on behalf of a PRIVATE CARRIER. Since Oregon taxpayers contribute to this federal aid program, they should have an interest in seeing that our state can share in its benefits-up to two thirds of the cost of a modernization or improvement program. MEASURE NO.1 PAVES THE WAY FOR SUCH ASSISTANCE-AND ITS RESULTING SAVINGS TO OREGON TAXPAYERS. VOTE #1 YES TO: e PROTECT THE EXISTING RIGHTS OF TRANSIT EMPLOYEES e PROVIDE IMPROVED PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SERVICE FOR THE FUTURE e PERMIT OREGON TO SHARE IN FEDERAL AID FUNDS SENATOR VICTOR G. ATIYEH REPRESENTATIVE ROBERT F. SMITH REPRESENTATIVE EDWARD J. WHELAN 8 Official Voters' Pamphlet Measure No. 1 PUblic Transportation System Employes Constitutional Amendment Argument in Favor Submitted by the Citizens Committee for Improved Transportation VOTE NO. 1 YES TO PROTECT TRANSIT EMPLOYEES' PENSIONS The 1965 Legislature voted overwhelmingly to refer to the people this measure to assure transit employees and deserving pensioners fair treatment in regard to pension rights, job benefits, etc. should their transportation systems be taken over by· public agencies. THIS MEASURE DOES NOT TRANSFER THE OWNERSHIP OR CON TROL OF PRIVATE CARRIERS TO PUBLIC AGENCIES-NOW OR IN THE FUTURE. It simply provides that where such a change becomes necessary-in order to provide efficient public service-the rights of active and retired employees will be protected.