Current Election Results: –Presidential Election Results –Statewide Election Results –Deschutes County Election Results Ballot dropoff locations, open till 8 pm Election Day: Deschutes Service Center: 1300 NW Wall St., Bend Drive-By Drop Site: 1340 NW Wall St., Bend Deschutes County Road Dept.: 61150 SE 27th St., Bend Redmond Public Library: 827 SW Deschutes Ave., Redmond […]
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Endorsements: State Representative District 53 & Oregon Secretary of State
So you thought we were done with elections coverage for the year? Nope. Here are our last two endorsements.
State Representative District 53 Gene Whisnant We would love to support a more independent or progressive candidate in this race, but our hands are tied. Democrat opponent Michael Graham, an educator and paralegal, has said his reason for jumping into this race was that no one was opposing Republican Gene Whisnant—but apparently “jumping in” didn’t […]
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Elections 2016
All the endorsements for (almost) all the races
Endorsements Elections 2016 Candidates · Governor: Kate Brown · U.S. President: Hillary Clinton · Bend City Council Position 1: Justin Livingston · Bend City Council Position 2: Doug Knight · Bend City Council Position 3: Sally Russell · Deschutes County Sheriff: Shane Nelson · Oregon Senate District 27: Greg Delgado · Oregon House District 54: Knute Buehler · U.S. […]
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Ballot Measures – Elections 2016
The Source Weekly’s Endorsements for 2016 Ballot Measures
Measure 9-110: Yes City of Bend – Recreational Marijuana Sales Tax Should Bend impose a 3 percent tax on the sale of recreational marijuana? As of Jan. 1, 2017, the current tax on marijuana will go from 25 to 17 percent statewide, as the Oregon Liquor Control Commission takes over the regulation of the industry. […]
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Candidates – Elections 2016
The Source Weekly’s Endorsements for 2016 Candidates
Governor Kate Brown The looming budgetary shortfalls in Salem are of epic proportion. The shortfalls in education, public infrastructure spending, the public employee retirement system (PERS) and health care obligations are a wake up call for good governance. It’s enough to make a voter want to hit the reset button—but that would be foolish. Gov. […]
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Do your part: Register to Vote by Tuesday
Are you registered to vote in Oregon? Estas registrado? Don’t wait!
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Republican Primary Endorsement: Kasich
Ohio’s Gov. John Kasich is a hawk who served for 18 years in the U.S. House of Representatives before, at the urging of Republican party leaders, he ran for the office of governor in Ohio. He was re-elected to a second term in 2014 in a landslide vote, winning with a lead of 30 percentage […]
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Voting in Oregon—Register to Vote by Tomorrow!
Oregon’s turn to vote is almost here and luckily for us Oregon has one of the most convenient voting systems in the country—vote-by-mail. Properly registered voters receive a ballot two to three weeks before the election, giving individuals time to research candidates and issues. The key phrase in that sentence is properly registered. Ballots will […]
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Register to vote, then do it
More than 111 million Americans of voting age didn’t vote in the 2012 presidential election. Data collected by the U.S. Census Bureau shows that the least likely of all to vote are 18 to 24-year olds—just 17 percent reported voting in 2014. By age 65 and older, that jumps to 59.4 percent, which is better, […]
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Vote for Your Favorite Central Oregon Restaurant
It’s that time of the year, when we take a look at the culinary landscape and fill you in on what’s hot and who’s got it, for our annual Dining Guide. But this year, in addition to naming a Restaurant of the Year and Rookie of the Year, we’re introducing two new categories of recognition—Food […]