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The Invisible Audit

A small but dedicated chatroom is coordinating a grassroots “audit” of Oregon’s elections, with help from local Republican officials

On June 22 Deschutes County Republican Party Chair Phil Henderson and Precinct Committeeperson Mark Knowles spoke to the Gateway Pundit, a far-right news website, after touring the Maricopa County, Arizona, audit. The Arizona audit has been criticized for indulging conspiracy theories, like searching for traces of bamboo in ballots to determine if they were imported […]

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The Center Must Hold. Oregon Politicians Should Return to It.

Going far afield with wild claims about pedophilia is way too out there.

Not long ago, the Deschutes Republicans sent out an email that demonstrated some wild swings in rationality. At the top of the email, it came out in favor of a billโ€”now defeated in the Oregon Houseโ€”by Rep. Jack Zika (R-Redmond) that aimed to restore the balance of power in state government by allowing the state […]

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Registered Republicans Should Support Incumbents for Deschutes County Commission

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Not every primary race sees a challenger entering the race against an incumbentโ€”but in the case of the two open Deschutes County Commissioner seats in the 2018 primary election, each incumbent is facing an opponent. Still, with both those county commission Republican primaries, the challengers bear the burden of proving they can do better than […]

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