Oregon 2008 statewide measures, newspaper endorsements

From Ballotpedia

There is surprising consensus among Oregon newspaper endorsements, for the 2008 statewide ballot measures. Most newspapers support all four legislative referrals (54, 55, 56, and 57) and Measure 65; nearly all oppose all the remaining initiatives (58 through 64).

Newspaper endorsements

Publication	54	55	56	57	58	59	60	61	62	63	64	65
Oregonian	yes	yes	yes	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	yes
Portland Tribune (also see [1] and [2])	yes	yes	yes	yes	no	no	no	no	no	?	no	yes
Willamette Week	yes	yes	yes	yes	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	yes
Eugene Register Guard	yes	yes	yes	yes	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	yes
Salem Statesman Journal	yes	yes	yes	yes	no	no	no	no	yes	no	no	no
Bend Bulletin	yes	yes	yes	yes	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	yes
Daily Astorian	yes	yes	yes	yes	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	yes
Cascade Business News	yes	yes	yes	yes	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	yes
Corvallis Gazette Times	yes	yes	yes	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	yes
Yamhill Valley News Register	yes	yes	yes	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	yes
Southern Oregon Mail Tribune	yes	yes	yes	yes	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	yes
Gresham Outlook (see also [3])	yes	yes	yes	yes	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	yes
East Oregonian	yes	yes	yes	yes	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	yes
Wallowa County Chieftain (see also [4])	yes	yes	yes	yes	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	yes
Hermiston Herald (see also [5] and [6])	yes	yes	yes	yes	no	no	no	no	no	no	yes	yes
Blue Mountain Eagle	yes	yes	yes	yes	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	yes

Ballot measure summaries

Title	Subject	Description
54	Elections	Standardizes voting eligibility for school board elections with other state and local elections
55	Legislatures	Change operative date of redistricting plans to allow affected legislators to finish term in original district
56	Double majority	May and November property tax elections are to be decided by majority of voters voting in the relevant election (removes supermajority requirement established by Measure 47 in 1996.
57	Law enforcement	Increases sentences for drug trafficking, theft against elderly, and specific repeat property and identity theft crimes, more.
58	Education	Requires English immersion for non-English speaking students
59	Tax reform	Makes federal income taxes fully deductible on state return
60	Education	"Teacher compensation must be based on classroom performance"
61	Judicial reform	"Mandatory sentences for drug dealers, identity thieves, burglars and car thieves"
62	State budget	"15% of lottery profits for crime prevention, investigation and prosecution"
63	Property Rights	Allows minor improvements to property without building permit
64	Payroll Deductions	Prohibits using taxpayer-funded resources to collect political funds
65	Conduct of elections	The "top-two" measure; creates open primaries. All voters would be able to vote in all state and local partisan elections, regardless of party affiliation.

See also

• Endorsements of Oregon ballot measures