Download or read book State Election Services in Oregon (Classic Reprint) written by Donald Gordon Balmer and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-22 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from State Election Services in Oregon In addition to the basic services of election administration, some states provide voter information, such as sample ballots or the arguments for or against constitutional amendments and ballot issues. Oregon provides the most extensive such voter information services. That is accomplished by means of a voters' pamphlet, which is published before each primary, general or special election. The pamphlet provides information concern ing both-candidates and the measures on the ballot, and it is sent to each registered voter. Oregon also provides two other unique services. The Secretary of State publishes a summary report of campaign contributions and expenditures, which lists gross receipts and expenditures for each reporting candidate and committee and itemizes each contribution of $50 or more. Oregon also provides a tax credit to encourage political contributions. The present study describes the development of Oregon's Voters' Pamphlet since 1907, compares Oregon's pamphlet with similar but less extensive ones in other states, and discusses the cost to the state and the voter of the pamphlet. The summary report and tax credit are also described. This publication was made possible by a grant from the Ford Foundation to the Citizens' Research Foundation. Dr. Balmer is Dubach Professor of Political Science at Lewis and Clark College in Portland. The presentation and conclusions are the responsibility of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of members of the Board of Trustees of the Citizens' Research Foundation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.