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Thursday, August 03, 2006

Oregon: Open Primary Initiative fails to make ballot

Open primaries initiative fails to make Oregon ballot 8/2/2006, By BRAD CAIN The Associated Press The Oregonian SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Supporters of an "open primaries" initiative failed to turn in enough signatures to put the issue before Oregon voters this fall, election officials said Wednesday.
The proposed initiative drew 61,985 valid signatures, far short of the 75,630 needed to qualify, the state Elections Division said.... Besides the open primaries measure, another initiative campaign that turned in an insufficient number of signatures was one to require the Legislature to find a way to provide universal health care by 2009.... [more]

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