Getting my politics megathreads up early so I don’t have to think about it on Tuesday!
Portland is getting a new mayor, a new city council, AND all the statewide races for President, Congress, Ballot Measures 117 and 118…
This is the place to discuss ALL that!
Early results:
President - Called for Harris
OR - 1 Called for Bonamici (D)
OR - 2 Called for Bentz ®
OR - 3 Called for Dexter (D)
OR - 4 68% reporting, Hoyle+9 (D)
OR - 5 58% reporting, Bynum+2 (D)
OR - 6 58% reporting, Salinas+9 (D)
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Yes. 63/37 Creates a process to impeach and remove elected officials.
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63% reporting, No+6 Creates a commission to set salaries for state officials.
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No. 60/40 Authorizes ranked choice voting.
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No. 80/20 Raises corporate taxes to provide rebates to individuals.
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63% reporting, Yes+10 Sets organized labor guidelines for marijuana businesses.
Curious about everyone’s thoughts on 118. At first glance it seemed like a great idea but after seeing what it would do to the general fund I thought it wasn’t great at all. What do you think?
I thought it was an awful idea. Basically they want an equivalent to Alaska’s oil dividend, but we don’t have a natural resource like that so the plan is to just soak big companies?
It’s a Robin Hood measure. I get it, big companies should be taxed fairly, but the goal should be to reduce taxes for everyone else, not just kick back money for no reason.