The only measure on last week’s special election ballot, to create a Terrebonne sanitary (sewer) district, was losing by a single vote when ballots were counted that night. But Tuesday’s updated count, after the arrival of more ballots, turned that around, to an eight-vote margin of victory.
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Of the 154 total ballots sent out, only 24 have been returned. Right now, the Terrebonne sewer district formation is failing by just one vote. The election won’t be decided until next Tuesday, when the last ballots are counted.
Continue Reading Tuesday night’s ballot count showed the proposed formation of the Terrebonne Sanitary (sewer) District failing by a single vote – but seven more properly postmarked ballots arrived in Wednesday’s mail, meaning the results are up in the air until they (and possibly others) are counted next week.
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With the candidate filing deadline for the May 16 Special District Election just two days away, Deschutes County Clerk Steve Dennison is urging community involvement by anyone interested in serving.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — In preparation for the March 14 Special Election, the Deschutes County Clerk’s Office will test the County’s vote counting system at 9 a.m. on Monday, March 6. The certification is conducted before each election and occurs at the County Clerk’s Office which is on the second floor of 1300 NW Wall
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The La Pine Rural Fire District has placed a new five-year operating levy up for a vote on the May election ballot. Its property tax rate has not changed in a quarter-century, but officials say they need more funding to add staff and keep up with fast-rising demand.
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The Bend City Council unanimously passed a resolution Wednesday night to send a five-year, $65 million local option levy for fire and emergency medical services to the May 16 election ballot.
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Bend Fire and Rescue has a year and a couple of months before their current operating levy expires, but they are planning ahead and will be seeking a successor levy in May — with a significantly higher rate making for quite a challenging campaign ahead.
Continue ReadingSALEM, Ore. (AP) — For the first time ever, Oregon had the highest voter turnout rate in the nation for last November’s elections. Former Oregon Secretary of State Phil Keisling, who now leads a national effort to expand voting from home, said 61.5% of all the eligible citizens in Oregon cast a ballot, Oregon Public
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The Oregon Supreme Court late Wednesday afternoon rejected an appeal by the state Department of Justice seeking to thwart a Harney County judge’s injunction that blocks Thursday’s enactment of Ballot Measure 114, one of the nation’s most restrictive gun laws.
Continue ReadingBy BECKY BOHRER Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy has won reelection, becoming the first governor in the state to win back-to-back terms since 1998. Dunleavy bested a field that included former Gov. Bill Walker, an independent; Democrat Les Gara, a former state lawmaker; and Republican Charlie Pierce, a former
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Three weeks before Measure 114 is scheduled to go into effect, a federal lawsuit has been filed to block the voter-approved gun regulation measure, one of the strictest in the country, claiming it is unconstitutional in several ways.
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After fellow candidates Ben Schimmoller and Jay Patrick conceded in a close race, Redmond City Councilor and now Mayor-Elect Ed Fitch discussed top issues Thursday — homelessness and transportation.
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Oregon voters have narrowly passed measures that would strengthen gun laws and mandate health care as a human right, The Associated Press reported Monday night, six days after the polls closed. But Measure 114 is prompting a growing number of sheriffs to say they won’t enforce it.
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Deschutes County is close to having all its votes in, but there’s still a few races which have been too close to call. Volunteers returned to the Deschutes County Clerk’s Office on Wednesday to count the remaining ballots. There were roughly 4,700 ballots still needing to be counted. These ballots could make the difference in some of
Continue ReadingBy GILLIAN FLACCUS Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Republican Lori Chavez-DeRemer has won the open U.S. House seat in Oregon’s 5th Congressional District, flipping the district for the GOP in a hard-fought contest that drew millions in outside money to the state. Chavez-DeRemer’s victory makes her the first Latina congresswoman from Oregon, a distinction
Continue ReadingTERREBONNE, Ore. (KTVZ) — Democrat Jamie McLeod-Skinner conceded Oregon’s U.S. House Fifth District race to Republican Lori Chavez-DeRemer on Sunday, shortly after The Associated Press called the close, hard-fought race for Chavez-DeRemer. Here’s her full statement: “From day one, our team worked hard to bridge the divides across our diverse district, to focus on the
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Votes are still coming in for two still-close local races: Oregon House District 53 and Redmond mayor. We talked to four candidates waiting for final results.
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One day after The Associated Press joined The Oregonian/OregonLive in projecting Democrat Tina Kotek as the winner of a close, costliest race to be Oregon’s next governor, Republican Christine Drazan issued a concession statement on Friday.
Continue ReadingBy GILLIAN FLACCUS Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The races for two US House seats in Oregon remained unresolved Friday heading into the weekend, with tens of thousands of ballots left to be counted in the vote-by-mail state. In Oregon’s 5th Congressional District, Republican Lori Chavez-DeRemer had a thin lead over Democrat Jamie McLeod-Skinner
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