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 Our
Oregon
Won’t
Be
Participating
in
the
“Citizens
Initiative
Review”
Process
 The
CIR
is
a
waste
of
public
resources,
campaign
time
and
has
no
impact
on
voters
 
 
Our
Oregon
and
the
Corporate
Kicker
for
K‐12
campaign
today
announced
that
we
won’t
 be
participating
in
the
so‐called
“Citizens
Initiative
Review”
process
because
it’s
a
poor
use
 of
public
resources
and
campaign
time,
and
there’s
no
evidence
that
it
has
any
impact
on
 voters.


 
 Since
2010,
the
CIR
project
has
cost
at
least
a
half
a
million
dollars,
costing
at
least
 $210,000
just
for
the
two
upcoming
panels.
If
the
backers
of
the
Citizens
Initiative
Review
 were
serious
about
increasing
public
engagement,
they
could
spend
that
money
instead
on
 voter
registration.
With
$210,000,
they
could
have
registered
some
30,000
Oregonians
to
 vote.

 
 The
CIR
is
funded
partially
by
private
organizations,
but
staffing
has
been
paid
for
by
a
loan
 from
the
state.
So
far,
no
accounting
has
been
made
public
about
how
much
of
that
money
 has
been
paid
back,
if
any.

 
 While
Oregon
is
facing
ongoing
cuts
to
schools
and
basic
services
like
health
care
and
 public
safety,
the
state
shouldn’t
be
giving
or
loaning
money
to
ineffective
projects
like
this
 one.
How
ever
much
money
or
staff
time
has
been
given
or
loaned
to
the
project
is
money
 that
should
have
been
spent
in
Oregon
classrooms
or
on
critical
projects.


 
 It’s
also
a
waste
of
campaign
time
and
resources.
With
fewer
than
90
days
before
ballots
 come
out,
our
campaign
has
limited
time
and
money
to
spend
talking
with
voters,
and
 we’re
going
to
spend
those
resources
in
the
most
effective
way
possible.
Instead
of
 spending
a
week
in
a
Salem
conference
center
with
30
people,
we
will
spend
our
time
 talking
to
thousands
of
voters
in
their
own
communities.

 
 Finally,
there
is
very
strong
evidence
that
the
output
of
Citizen’s
Initiative
Review
has
zero
 impact
on
shaping
the
opinions
of
voters.
Their
recent
track
record
is
0‐2.

 
 In
2010,
the
review
panel
was
opposed
to
Measure
73
(Kevin
Mannix's
mandatory
 minimums)
by
a
vote
of
21‐3.
The
measure
passed
with
57%
of
the
vote.
On
Measure
74
 (medical
marijuana),
the
panel
supported
the
measure
by
a
vote
of
13‐11.
That
measure
 failed
with
about
56%
of
the
vote.
 
 This
abysmal
track
record
shows
that
the
panels
are
far
from
representative
of
the
voting
 public,
and
that
the
materials
they
produce
don’t
have
any
impact
on
how
voters
make
 their
decisions.

 
 For
information,
contact:
 Scott
Moore
‐‐
Office:
503‐239‐8029
‐‐
Cell:
503‐961‐2374
‐‐
Email:
[email protected]
 ###

813 SW Alder St, Suite 800A Portland, OR 97205 503 / 239-8029

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