Gov. Kitzhaber just resigned.

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13. I just hope that she names a replacement at SOS that is open to instant runoff voting...

That was a big issue for Seth Woolley of the Greens who ran against her in the last election, and I think many progressives want to see movement towards, that would perhaps help us fend off efforts to put in bad propositions like Prop 90 (top two primaries) in last election that thankfully Oregon voters overwhelmingly voted down, and perhaps bring more independents and third party voters to support the Democrat in the next election.

I quoted an article where Woolley jokingly was speculating that she should name him to replace her, but actually I believe Oregon laws require her to name a Democrat to replace herself as SOS, so that won't happen. But if she names someone that might do reform like that, it might fend off challenges from the left that would help solidify a special election to keep this seat in Democratic hands later, and not have another Knute Buehler potentially win such an election then.

That and public campaign financing too, so that we put that back in the city of Portland the way it was earlier, and perhaps look at it as an option for statewide consideration too.