Voters’ Pamphlet Goes in the Mail Today

Salem - More than 1.7 million Voters’ Pamphlets for the May 18, 2010 primary election start going in the mail today (Wednesday).

Every Oregon household will receive a copy, reaching the state’s 2.1 million registered voters.

On the ballot are partisan primary elections for U.S. Senate, governor, state treasurer, Oregon’s five seats in the U.S. House of Representatives, the state House and half the state Senate. Other positions on the ballot include the superintendent of public instruction, the Oregon Supreme Court, the Oregon Court of Appeals, circuit court judges, district attorneys and county judges, which are a mostly administrative post in small counties.

The ballot includes two measures referred to voters statewide by the Oregon Legislature. One, Measure 68, allows the state to issue bonds matching voter-approved school district bonds for capital expenditures. The other, Measure 69, updates the authority for lowest costs borrowing by community colleges and public universities. The Voters’ Pamphlet will have seven arguments in support of each measure. No arguments were filed in opposition.

An audio edition and an edition in Spanish will be available starting Monday April 26 at oregonvotes.org, the web site of the Elections Division.

Oregonians have until April 27 to register to vote in the May 18 primary.

Ballots will start going in the mail Friday April 30.

You can register to vote, change your address, change your party registration or find out if you’ll receive a ballot by going to oregonvotes.org.