The most expensive ballot measure in Oregon history may be headed for a recount. Currently in the defeat column by a margin of about 1,500 votes, Measure 92 (to label foods containing GMOs) appears to fall within the recount margin of 3,000 votes. According to the Oregonian, the already close race moved into recount territory […]
Election 2014
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Bend City Council Will Decide on Candidate’s Residency Dec. 1
Bend City Council will hold a special session Dec. 1 at 3 pm to decide if councilor-elect Casey Roats is qualified to serve on council. Roats won the race for position 6 despite questions around his residency. The City Charter requires councilors to have resided within the city limits for 12 months prior to their […]
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Hot Seat
Lawsuit challenges Councilor-Elect Casey Roats’ qualifications
Last week, as promised, attorney Charlie Ringo filed a lawsuit on behalf of Bend resident and activist Foster Fell seeking to prevent Councilor-Elect Casey Roats from taking office. In last Tuesday’s election, Roats won the largest share of the popular vote for City Council, Position 6. The Nov. 5 lawsuit, which also names City Recorder […]
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Council Candidate Ron Boozell Calls for Recusal of Endorsing Councilors from Residency Decision
Bend City Council candidate Ron “Rondo” Boozell is calling for councilors who publicly endorsed or supported candidates in the race to recuse themselves from anything to do with vacating or filling seat 6, currently the subject of a lawsuit alleging councilor-elect Casey Roats is does not meet the qualifications laid out in the City Charter. […]
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Resident Files Lawsuit Seeking to Prevent Election of Casey Roats to Bend City Council
Bend resident Foster Fell has filed a lawsuit against City Recorder Robyn Christie, the City of Bend, and councilor-elect Casey Roats asking the Deschutes County Circuit Court to declare that Roats is not entitled to receive a certificate of election. The initial complaint, filed yesterday, alleges that Roats does not meet the qualifications set out […]
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A Question of Semantics
City Council undecided on approach to residency questions
What does it mean to be a resident, and why does it matter? These questions weighed heavily on the campaign for Bend City Council Position 6, with two of the four candidates facing accusations that they were not qualified to run due to inconsistencies in their residency information. What started as a claim that candidate […]
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Election Results
Some change, and some of the same
The mood at the downtown lounge Velvet was subdued. The snowboard video had been switched over to PBS and election results from the east coast were scrolling silently across the scene. City council candidate Nathan Boddie stood silently by the TV screen. It was 8:12 pm and the election results were scheduled to post any […]
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And the winners are…
Barring a shift in the late number, here are your results for the Nov. 2014 election. For more details on the election, and the implications of the results, check out our print issue—online and on stands later today. CANDIDATES BEND CITY COUNCILOR 5: NATHAN BODDIE (55 percent) BEND CITY COUNCILOR 6: CASEY ROATES (45 percent) […]
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RIP Election Ads—Candidates
Today’s the day—your last chance to catch your favorite political ads! Which will you miss and which are you happy to see go? Below, check out a sampling of candidate ads available online, and sound off in the comments. Next up: ballot measure ads. John Kitzhaber for Governor Dennis Richardson for Governor Jeff Merkley for […]
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Get Out the Vote and Party On
Tuesday is Election Day (aka, if you haven’t turned in your ballot yet, get on it!). Local candidates will be hosting shindigs to celebrate their campaigns and (if they’re lucky) and victories. Here’s where you can find your favorite candidates. Where will you watch the election results? (We’ll update the list as we hear back from […]