Fund Voters' Pamphlet.(Editorials)(Legislature fails to provide for 2004 editions)(Editorial)

From: The Register Guard (Eugene, OR) | Date: September 3, 2003 | Copyright information

Byline: The Register-Guard

Even while facing a stupendous budget-balancing problem, the 2003 Oregon Legislature can point to several important accomplishments. But it erred badly by leaving next year's Voters' Pamphlet in limbo. The Legislature did not provide direct funding for the pamphlet, nor did it pass a bill that would have financed its publication by charging increased fees for candidates and the supporters and opponents of ballot measures. The Emergency Board should rectify this blunder.

The 2002 pamphlet cost about $1.3 million to produce. Secretary of State ...

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