Oregon Legal Research Blog

Published on: June 5, 2020

A Declaration of Conscience: Senator Margaret Chase Smith on the U.S. Senate: “the Four Horsemen of Calumny-Fear, Ignorance, Bigotry, and Smear”

By Laura Orr

…high time that we stopped thinking politically as Republicans and Democrats about elections and started thinking patriotically as Americans about national security based on individual freedom. It is high time…

Published on: June 13, 2008

Oregon Measure 53 (Civil Forfeiture) 6/13/08 Update

By Laura Orr

…failure, the state Elections Division has ordered a hand recount of the ballots cast in the May 20 primary for a statewide measure allowing police to retain some proceeds from…

Published on: March 23, 2006

By Laura Orr

Initiative, Referendum and Referral: Every wonder how this all works here in Oregon? Who doesn’t. One place to begin is with the State Elections Division….

Published on: July 12, 2006

By Laura Orr

…stories about this and other initiatives as they work their way closer to the ballot. The Elections Division has various ways, including this one, to keep us informed on what…