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Oregon bars GOP voter statement, says it was 29 seconds late
AP (via ABC News) ^ | 09/05/20 | Associated Press

Posted on 09/06/2020 7:02:06 AM PDT by Drew68

SALEM, Ore. -- The Oregon Republican Party’s statement for the state voters’ pamphlet arrived 29 seconds too late and won’t appear in the guide mailed to voters for the November election, officials say.

Laura Fosmire, a spokeswoman for Secretary of State Bev Clarno, said deadlines apply equally to everyone.

“Anyone wishing to submit information to the Voters’ Pamphlet has several weeks to do so and we recommend avoiding waiting until the last minute for this reason," she said in a statement.

But Oregon Public Broadcasting reports that Kevin Hoar, the communications director for the state GOP, insists the party did get its statement into an online filing system by 4:59 p.m. on Aug. 25, the final day for filing.

He said the party filed a lawsuit in Marion County demanding that the statement be included in the voters’ guide before it goes to print later this month.

“We can’t quite explain the interpretation and decision here” by state elections officials, Hoar said.

State Republican Chairman Bill Currier said the failure to include his party’s statement from the voting guide “reeks of partisan discrimination.”

...(snip)...

The statement submitted by the Republican Party was headlined “Had enough? Vote Republican!” It attacked Democratic leadership in Oregon on issues ranging from “Unrestrained rioting” in Portland to mismanagement of the pandemic resulting in “catastrophic small business losses.”

Hoar also said that Currier was locked out of the online filing system for several hours, delaying the party’s ability to file its statement.

Fosmire said there were “no problems or glitches” with the online reporting system. “(W)e simply received the statement after the filing deadline,” she said.

The Democratic Party of Oregon and six other political parties are included in the voters’ pamphlet for the Nov. 3 election.

(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...


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While I'm not sure Oregon is in play, clearly Oregon's radical left is worried, particularly after reports such as this:

100 Days of Protest: A Chasm Grows Between Portland and the Rest of Oregon. The Proximity of the left and right in Oregon has created a dynamic of fear, mistrust, and anger.

1 posted on 09/06/2020 7:02:06 AM PDT by Drew68
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To: Twotone

Ping for your Oregon list.


2 posted on 09/06/2020 7:03:28 AM PDT by Drew68 (Dr. Fauci is responsible for more suicides than Dr. Kevorkian.)
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To: Drew68

funny how there’s always a judge around to order polling stations to stay open longer or count this vote or that vote for whatever reason.....but not for this.


3 posted on 09/06/2020 7:05:12 AM PDT by ealgeone
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To: Drew68

My guess if it was a Democrat item, 2 weeks late in the trunk of a car would be accepted.


4 posted on 09/06/2020 7:05:33 AM PDT by Bringbackthedraft ( #ReasonableDemocratsforTrump. Where are you?)
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To: Drew68

As long as republicans keep making a stink about this, it works in their favor and the message will get out x10.


5 posted on 09/06/2020 7:06:03 AM PDT by D Rider
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To: Drew68

The panic is truly starting to set in.


6 posted on 09/06/2020 7:07:14 AM PDT by KC_Lion
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To: Drew68

But they want to accept votes received a week after the election.


7 posted on 09/06/2020 7:07:40 AM PDT by Williams (Stop Tolerating The Intolerant)
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To: ealgeone

Or for republicans


8 posted on 09/06/2020 7:07:42 AM PDT by teeman8r
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To: Drew68
it was 29 seconds late

According to whose watch?

9 posted on 09/06/2020 7:10:58 AM PDT by Hot Tabasco
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To: Drew68

B-but the Democrat statement was written in crayon and on toilet paper!

29 seconds is 29 seconds.


10 posted on 09/06/2020 7:11:39 AM PDT by Eleutheria5 ("SHUT UP!" he explained.)
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To: Drew68

Predictably, Oregon will ignore their deadline rule when the DNC gets tired of Biden/Harris polling numbers dropping like a rock and replaces them for the NOV 3 election... despite most states not allowing changes within 60 days of an election.


11 posted on 09/06/2020 7:12:40 AM PDT by Teacher317 (We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men)
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To: Drew68

The Dems won’t allow a statement to be included because it’s 29 seconds late, yet will insist that mail in ballots received DAYS after the election be counted. Yea, that’s the Rats for you.

But to be on the bright side, the Rats have set a precedent.


12 posted on 09/06/2020 7:13:07 AM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Where do you find the word "except" in the 2nd Amendment?)
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To: D Rider

True. This could backfire on the Rats


13 posted on 09/06/2020 7:13:19 AM PDT by aquila48 (Do not let them make you care! Guilting you is how they control you.)
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To: Williams
But they want to accept votes received a week after the election.

Just Democrat votes.

14 posted on 09/06/2020 7:15:05 AM PDT by Drew68 (Dr. Fauci is responsible for more suicides than Dr. Kevorkian.)
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To: Bringbackthedraft

The GOP just has to point to this as precedent. Of course that won’t make any difference to a Rat judge who just makes up the law as he/she/it pleases.


15 posted on 09/06/2020 7:15:20 AM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Where do you find the word "except" in the 2nd Amendment?)
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To: Drew68

Well...a precedent is set...bookmarking for election day 2020


16 posted on 09/06/2020 7:17:55 AM PDT by goodnesswins (The issue is never the issue. The issue is always the revolution." -- Saul Alinksy)
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The panic is truly starting to set in.

Michael Moore is one of the small handful of libs I follow on Twitter and he put it best a week ago.


17 posted on 09/06/2020 7:19:57 AM PDT by Drew68 (Dr. Fauci is responsible for more suicides than Dr. Kevorkian.)
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To: Drew68

Well...lookee here....”Hoar also said that Currier was locked out of the online filing system for several hours, delaying the party’s ability to file its statement.”


18 posted on 09/06/2020 7:21:07 AM PDT by goodnesswins (The issue is never the issue. The issue is always the revolution." -- Saul Alinksy)
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To: Drew68

Deadlines didn’t matter when the Rats substituted Lautenberg for Torricelli. And it was much longer than 29 seconds, more like 2 weeks.


19 posted on 09/06/2020 7:22:05 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (When seconds count, social workers are days away.)
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To: aquila48
True. This could backfire on the Rats

It already has, most people never read voter statements anyway. Now the dems have put it in the news.

20 posted on 09/06/2020 7:23:04 AM PDT by usurper ( version)
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