Oregon voters must cast May election ballots by 8 pm Tuesday

[RandySF]

Oregonians have until 8 p.m. Tuesday to return their ballots for the May election.

As of midday Monday, just more than 471,000 Oregonians – less than 16% of the nearly 3 million registered voters who received ballots by mail – had voted, according to the Secretary of State’s Office. Turnout was highest in Wallowa County, where more than one-third of voters had handed in their ballots, and lowest in Umatilla County, where fewer than 10% of voters returned ballots.

There aren’t any statewide races on the ballot, but voters throughout the state will get to weigh in on local property taxes and elect members of school boards and other local districts.

Voters in some parts of the state will also directly vote on policies from homeless camps to moving the Oregon-Idaho border.

Multnomah County voters will decide whether to create a 0.75% tax on capital gains to pay for eviction assistance. In Newberg, voters could opt to ban temporary shelters, such as managed homeless camps, within 1,500 feet of a school, and prohibit the city from supporting such shelters unless voters approve it during a primary or general election in an even-numbered year.




https://oregoncapitalchronicle.com/briefs/oregon-voters-must-cast-may-election-ballots-by-8-pm-tuesday/

[MissB]

1. Big no on the capital gains tax, aka Beemers for Lawyers

If they’d exempted sales of primary residences, then maybe. But in general it’s a poorly worded attempt at a tax.