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Posted on 08/08/2023 3:58:08 PM PDT by Twotone
SALEM Ore. (KPTV) – In a decision Tuesday, Oregon Secretary of State LaVonne Griffin-Valade stated senators disqualified under Measure 113 will not be allowed to file to run in 2024.
The disqualifications to run for reelection follow the longest walkout in Oregon legislative history, which ended after six weeks on June 15.
The Secretary of State’s Office pointed to Measure 113 specifying that if a legislator accumulates 10 or more unexcused absences, they “shall disqualify the member from holding office as a Senator or Representative for the term following the election after the member’s current term is completed.”
“It is clear voters intended Measure 113 to disqualify legislators from running for reelection if they had 10 or more unexcused absences in a legislative session,” said Secretary Griffin-Valade. “My decision honors the voters’ intent by enforcing the measure the way it was commonly understood when Oregonians added it to our state constitution.”
Legislators disqualified from running for reelection under Measure 113 include the following:
Senate Minority Leader Tim Knopp, R-Bend Daniel Bonham, R-The Dalles Lynn Findley, R-Vale Bill Hansell, R-Athena Cedric Hayden, R-Fall Creek. Dennis Linthicum, R-Klamath Falls Art Robinson, R-Cave Junction Kim Thatcher, R-Keizer Suzanne Weber, R-Tillamook Brian Boquist, I-Polk and Yamhill Counties
Senate Republican Leader Tim Knopp criticized the decision by the Secretary of State in a release Tuesday.
“After repeated unlawful and unconstitutional actions by President Rob Wagner and other Democrat leaders in the 2023 Session, Senate Republicans held them accountable by peacefully pausing the session to gain compliance with Senate Rules, Oregon Law, and the Oregon Constitution,” Knopp wrote. “We believe the plain language of Measure 113 allows for members to run again in 2024 elections. We disagree with the Secretary of State’s determination and will challenge it in court.
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Starting to tighten the noose. They have to start imprisoning their enemies but if they can win through lawfare, all the better right?
Why can’t they name the party in the lede?
good god! someone ELECTED THAT!!!???
And with crap like this, we need a fighter like Trump.
We are past the point of reasonable discourse................
I saw the name of the Secretary of State with the hyphen and all and I had a feeling that there were at least a few Republicans being disqualified. It actually makes sense that all of them are Republicans because they would not disqualify even one Democrat.
” Oregon Secretary of State LaVonne Griffin-Valade”
Beware hyphenated women.
The democrats constantly play hard ball and the rinos almost never retaliate.
This is why democrats control society.
Oregon the land of Witches
Unlike the ones who walked out in Tennessee, they’re heroes.
I suspect her real name is “LaVonne Griffin-Soros”.
Measure 113 was crafted to specifically target Republicans, whose only power lies in legislative walk-outs.
The rats are this close to outlawing all political parties but their own.
Hello Wisconsin!
“The democrats constantly play hard ball and the rinos almost never retaliate.
This is why democrats control society.”
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This is all about the Left, in both parties (i.e. UniParty). Of course they go along with any move that furthers their chances of control/power/$. The USA is for sale and they want to be the ones getting paid. To ensure that, they all work in a concerted effort eliminate anyone who challenges them.
They should have never walked back in.
Years ago, the great 1040 WHO radio host Jan Mikkelson told a lefty caller that democrats will throw republicans in a gulag the first chance they get. He saw through all the BS and knew history. He wasn’t wrong. The caller about had a stroke, I just laughed, because I knew it was true.
What I didn’t anticipate, is nobody fighting back.
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