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Deprived of a chance to vote? Not so fast

Written October 29th, 2018 by Hasso Hering
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Facebook last week reverberated with a complaint from a Lebanon mother that a particular set of circumstances resulted in her son being deprived of a chance to vote. I looked into it, and the upshot is that he can vote after all if he wants.

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Ballot secrecy envelopes scrapped

Written May 7th, 2016 by Hasso Hering
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Something happened to the concept of the secret ballot. It is no longer guaranteed. “Really?” you ask? Well, that’s the way it looked to me when I got my Benton County ballot for the May 17 primary.

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House wants more ‘voters’

Written June 26th, 2013 by
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Over the objections of 28 members, mostly Republicans, the Oregon House has passed a curious bill that aims to get every citizen in the state registered as a voter whether they want to be or not. It would work this way. The DMV has a record of every citizen with a driver’s license. Under HB 3521, if […]

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