Provided by the Washington County Democrats for informational purposes.
The party does not endorse primary candidates.

The Bowl
Waterfront Park
Corner of SW Columbia St. and SW Naito Pkwy.
South of the Hawthorne Bridge

Sunday, May 18th, 2008
Doors Open: 12:30 p.m.

Special Guest Performance by: Colin Meloy, Chris Funk, Jenny Conlee, Nate Query, and John Moen

The event is free and open to the public. Tickets are not required, but an RSVP is strongly encouraged. Admission is on a first-come, first-served basis.

For security reasons, do not bring bags and limit personal items. No signs or banners are permitted.

Important Note: Ballots not in the mail by Friday May 16 may not be delivered in time and should be hand delivered to the Elections Office.  

If you still wish to become an elected PCP and have not yet turned in your ballot,
be sure to WRITE IN YOUR NAME and get TWO ADDITIONAL VOTERS to do the same! 
Write-in candidates need only gather a minimum of 3 votes to be in the running for the coveted PCP post, and be eligible for election. Click Read More for details. 

The quarterly meeting of the First Congressional District
Committee  will be held this Saturday, May 17 at 12 noon.
All 1st CD Delegates and Alternates should plan on attending.
Please visit the Calendar page for location and other details.
Committee members should RSVP to Washco Chair Ellie Burch
via the Contact Webform, to allow us to give our host location
a count of how many will attend.

This year  we can expect as many as 13 regressive ballot measures sponsored by Bill Sizemore, Kevin Mannix, and friends for the November election. 

Over the coming months, we will be debating these issues and the Washington County Dems will vote to support, stay neutral or oppose each of these measures. 

Please review the attached document as we may be debating one or more of these ballot measure endorsements in June.

(Click here for the Likely Ballot Measures for 2008)

Wednesday May 28th

Social Time: 6:30 PM • Meeting: 7:00 PM
Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue
Administration Building
20665 SW Blanton Aloha, Oregon 97007

 Featured Speakers:
Annie Birnie: Portland Organizer for Our Ocean, a coalition of fishermen, conservationists, and citizens working to build a healthy marine environment and vibrant coastal communities. She will speak on "Protecting Our Ocean".
Peter Lunsford: government education coordinator for Washington County Peak Oil.  WCPO is a group of concerned citizens dedicated to learning more about the worldwide oil production peak, the timing and consequences, and preparations that may be needed to reduce its impact.

(Map) (Roberts Rules of Order)

Join the Blue Horizon Sustaining Fund! It’s another election year with 2008 promising to be every bit as exciting as 2006. Key to our success is keeping the headquarters open and running smoothly. Please consider joining the Blue Horizon Sustaining Fund—or if you are currently a member, give thought to increasing your monthly donation—even $5/month more can make a huge difference.                     (Click here to sign up now!)

We have a chance to pick up at least one open house seat in Washington County (HD26) while waging critical battles to keep existing seats in HD29, HD30 and HD35. Not to mention the chance of a lifetime to defeat Gordon Smith (and have two Democratic Senators!), plus important statewide office seats to retain. And of course, the U.S. Presidency at stake!

We need your help to offset the off-election year attrition in our membership that occurred last year and the rent increase that came with signing the new 3-year lease. Think about who you know who should be a member and pass along their contact information to Karen Packer at finance@washcodems.org. We really appreciate your past contributions to the Washington County Democrats and hope we can count on your continued support. 

On to Victory in 2008!

Oregon Sen. Mark Hass is holding a clinic to help parents and future college students learn more about Oregon’s 529 College Savings Plan.

The event will feature Michael Parker from the Oregon Department of Treasury. He will provide parents with useful information about the Oregon College Savings Plan as well as other tools that enable parents to plan for their kids’ higher education.

If voters changed their party registration in the last 2 weeks or so, they may receive a ballot for the previous registration. This is because the ballots were already printed and ready to mail before they changed their registration.

These voters will receive ANOTHER ballot in a week or so, for their new registration.

Voters should NOT send in the first ballot, with the wrong registration. They should wait for the second, correct ballot before voting.

Update: The Secretary Of State said this:

What happens if a voter casts the ballot that has their old registration?

The state's centralized database will catch the error automatically (the ballot envelope bar code contains the voter's ID and ballot style), and that ballot will not be processed. Instead, it will be set aside until all other ballots are processed.

If the second updated ballot is cast only that one will be counted, and the old one will not be counted. If the voter sends in only the out-of-date ballot only their votes in non-partisan contests will be counted.

Again, under any circumstance only one ballot will be counted per voter.