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Ballots will be mailed to Multnomah County residents in less than four weeks and many residents don't know what measures will be on the ballot. There are measures ranging from determining teachers' pay to teaching English only in public schools. As I was Googling around to find a plain-spoken explanation of the measures, I came across Ballotpedia.org, a website dedicated...

November 4, 2008, is approaching quickly. I've made my mind up on most issues, but have a few lingering tossups. For those still searching for information to help them decide, I'd suggest a site that I just found, Ballotpedia. Here's a rundown of the 2008 ballot measures from Ballotpedia, and here's the state's online voter guide.

In this post, I'm going to analyze some of this year's 12 Oregon ballot measures.

Ballot Measure 54
This is the easiest measure on which to make a decision, and it's kind of a cool story. High school students from Grant High discovered that the Oregon Constitution contained provisions (from 1948) requiring voters to be 21 years old and pass a literacy test before voting in school board elections. The students contacted the Oregon Secretary of State, and eventually the Oregon Legislature drafted this measure based on their concerns.

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As you can see from the video, a discussion on today's Democracy Now! veered into O'Reilly Factor territory, when drug legalization advocate and executive director of the Drug Policy Alliance Network Ethan Nadelmann squared off with California attorney general and former governor Jerry Brown over California ballot initiative Proposition 5. Prop 5, like our own Measure 57...

If you are an Oregonian you should know that there is a ballot measure in this years election that proposes the end of seniority based pay in favor of performance based pay for teachers in the Oregon public school system. It's called ballot measure 60.

I'm voting yes on this ballot measure because I have a sister who is a phenomenal teacher and I think she should be paid for her outstanding performance. Why should she, as a 3 year veteran, be paid less than a 15 year vet with a 'tenure' attitude towards their work?

Unfortunately, the various teachers unions are brainwashing my sister and her fellow teachers. They are lying to them by saying the ballot measure requires pay based on student test scores. They act as if they have my sisters best interest at heart, when in reality they are for nothing but the status-quo.

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