A0D003D45SlfllE OREGON OCT 16 1980 STATE LIBRARY STATE OF OREGON GENERAL ELECTION NOVEMBER 4,1980 This Voters’ Pamphlet is the personal property of the recipient elector Compiled andpistnbuted by for assistance at the polls. To RECYCLE this material, please leave your pamphlet at your polling place on election day. Secretary of State Information In accordance with ORS 251.165, your official 1980 gen­ eral election Voters’ Pamphlet is divided into separate sec­ VOTING REQUIREMENTS tions for MEASURES and CANDIDATES. Page numbers for You may register to vote by mail or in person if: these sections are listed under CONTENTS on this page, 1. You are a citizen of the United States. where you will also find a page number for the alphabetical 2. You will be 18 or older on election day. INDEX to candidates. 3. You are a resident of Oregon. Material in the MEASURE section includes each state IMPORTANT: You may register to vote if you meet the and county ballot title, the complete text of the proposed above qualifications, but you must be a resident of Oregon 20 measure, an impartial statement explaining the measure and days before you may vote. (The one exception to this provi­ its effect, and any arguments filed by proponents and/or sion occurs during a presidential primary or general election. opponents. Oregon law allows the legislature to submit one The 20 day requirement is waived when a Certificate of argument in favor of each measure it refers to the people. Registration marked "Presidential only” is obtained from Citizens or organizations may also file arguments on state your county clerk.) measures by purchasing space for $300 or submitting peti­ You must reregister to vote if: tions signed by 1,000 electors. No arguments supporting or 1. Your address changes for any reason, even within the same opposing ballot measures can be printed by the Secretary of precinct. State unless they have been submitted by one of these 2. Your name changes for any reason. methods. 3. You wish to change political affiliation. In the CANDIDATE section, partisan candidates appear IMPORTANT: You cannot change political party affiliation before nonpartisan candidates. All space is purchased; state­ within 20 days of the primary election. ments and photographs are submitted by the candidates or YOU MUST BE REGISTERED 20 DAYS BEFORE their designated agents. The information required by ORS THE ELECTION IN ORDER FOR YOUR NAME TO 251.085—pertaining to occupation, occupational and educa­ BE INCLUDED IN THE POLL BOOK. tional background and prior governmental experience—has You may register to vote within 20 days of election day if: been certified by or on behalf of each candidate. Some spaces 1. You have been a resident 20 days prior to the election date. appear blank because Oregon law does not allow the place­ 2. You deliver to the appropriate county clerk or a person ment of material relating to candidates for different offices designated by the county clerk a completed voter registration on the same p>age in the Voters’ Pamphlet. form and obtain a "Certificate of Registration.” Miscellaneous voting aids—including district map®, pre­ IMPORTANT: If the county clerk receives your application cinct and polling place lists, voting instructions, a complete more than ten days prior to election day, your certificate will listing of state-certified candidates and an absentee ballot be mailed to you. During the final ten days before the election form—follow the candidate section. you must obtain the certificate in person. Certificates are The Voters’ Pamphlet has been compiled by the Secretary issued by the county clerk or designated representatives until of State since 1903, when Oregon became one of the first 8 p.m. on the day of the election. states to provide for printing and distributing information on 3. You present and surrender your certificate to your new pre­ ballot measures. In 1909, the Legislative Assembly passed a cinct on election day and sign it in view of the election board law requiring pamphlets to include information on candi­ clerk. The certificate shall be considered part of the poll book dates. and your name will appear in the poll book at the next One copy of the Voters’ Pamphlet is mailed to every election. household in the state. Additional copies are available at the INFORMATION ON VOTING BY ABSENTEE BALLOT Capitol, post offices, courthouses and other public buildings. IS ON THE INSIDE BACK COVER OF THIS PAMPHLET. BE A WELL-INFORMED VOTER STUDY THE ISSUES KNOW YOUR CANDIDATES Contents VOTE TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1980. Absentee Ballot—103 Polls open 8 a.m. to 8 pan. Candidates—41 District Map—94 Index—101 Information—2 Measures—3 Precincts & Polling Places—96 State Ballot—100 Voting Instructions—99 The "Hugh Wetshoe” illustrations in this Voters’ Pamphlet were furnished free o f charge by James Cloutier, Eugene. 2 Official 1980 General Voters' Pamphlet Page MEASURE NO. 1 Repeal of Constitutional Provision Requiring Elected Superintendent of Public Instruction; QUESTION—Shall the Superintendent of Public Instruction be appointed by the Governor, and not elected?................... 4 MEASURE NO. 2 Guarantees Mentally Handicapped Voting Rights, unless Adjudged Incompetent to Vote; QUESTION—Shall mentally handicapped persons have full voting rights, unless declared incompetent to vote as provided by law? .................................................................................................. 6 MEASURE NO. 3 Dedicates Oil, Natural Gas Taxes to Common School Fund; QUES­ TION—-Shall oil, natural gas taxes (excluding motor vehicle fuel taxes) be dedicated to Common School Fund, and limited to 6%? ...................... 6 MEASURE NO. 4 Increases Gas Tax from Seven to Nine Cents per Gallon; QUESTION— Shall gas tax be increased from 7? to 9<t per gallon, and some commer­ cial weight-mile taxes be increased? ...................................................... 8 MEASURE NO. 5 Forbids Use, Sale of Snare, Leghold Traps for Most Purposes; QUES­ TION—Shall sale, use of snare, leghold traps be forbidden, except for predator control unti11985, or to protect human health?....................... 12 MEASURE NO. 6 Constitutional Real Property Tax Limit Preserving 85% Districts’ 1977 Revenue; QUESTION—Shall real property taxes be limited, certain taxes be prohibited, and tax increases require % legislative or popular vote?...................................................................................................... 20 MEASURE NO. 7 Nuclear Plant Licensing Requires Voter Approval, Waste Disposal Facility Existence; QUESTION—Shall existence of federally licensed permanent nuclear waste disposal facility, and voter approval, be re­ quired for nuclear plant site certificate?................................................ 27 MEASURE NO. 8 State Bonds for Fund to Finance Correctional Facilities; QUESTION— Shall state sell bonds, backed by credit of state, for fund to finance state, regional or local correctional facilities? ................................................. 32 MEASURE NO. 9 Replaces Board of County Commissioners with Restructured Five Mem­ ber Board; QUESTION—Shall the three member Marion County Board of County Commissioners be replaced by a restructured five member board?..................'.................................................................................. 37 Oregon law allows the legislature to submit one argument in favor of each measure it refers to the people. Citizens or organizations may also file arguments supporting or opposing state measures by purchasing space for $300 or submitting petitions signed by 1,000 electors. No arguments can be printed by the Secretary of State unless they have been submitted by one o f these methods. When no arguments supporting or opposing ballot measures appear, it is because NONE WERE FILED with the Secretary o f State. Official 1980 General Voters' Pamphlet 3 Measure No.l ksf continued C> SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 12—Referred to the Electorate of Oregon by the 1979 Legislature, to be voted ARGUMENT IN FAVOR on at the General Election, November 4, 1980. We need to insure that we will have a highly qualified, competent administrator to carry out the functions of the BALLOT TITLE Office of State Superintendent of Public Instruction. Under the current method the State Board of Education is REPEAL OF CONSTITUTIONAL charged with establishing educational policy for our pub­ •I PROVISION REQUIRING ELECTED lic school system. The State Superintendent of Public 1 SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC IN­ Instruction is the chief administrative officer of the State STRUCTION Board of Education. The State Superintendent is elected QUESTION—Shall the Superintendent of Pub­ YES □ by popular vote, and is therefore totally independent of lic Instruction be appointed by the Governor, the policy making State Board of Education. Consequent­ and not elected? NO □ ly there is no clear line of responsibility and no clear line PURPOSE—This measure proposes repeal of of accountability between the State Board of Education section 1, Article VIII of the Oregon Constitu­ and the State Superintendent. tion, which states that the Governor shall be Superintendent of Public Instruction but that a By making the State Superintendent position appointive, law may be passed requiring the Superinten­ it provides that persons with pertinent administrative dent to be elected. Such a law exists. If this qualifications and experience are selected, rather than measure passes, Oregon Laws 1979, chapter 713 electing persons