Oregon Sen. Mark Hass is holding a clinic to help parents and future college students learn more about Oregon’s 529 College Savings Plan.

The event will feature Michael Parker from the Oregon Department of Treasury. He will provide parents with useful information about the Oregon College Savings Plan as well as other tools that enable parents to plan for their kids’ higher education.

A Silent Auction & Raffle Benefit for Washington County Democrats

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Saturday, May 10, 2008 4:00PM - 8:00 PM King City Town Hall 15245 SW 116th Ave. King City, 97224 Meet Your Democratic Candidates

Adults - $20 per person * PCPs, Seniors 65+,Vets - $18 per person * Children 4-12 - $6 each (under 4, free)

If voters changed their party registration in the last 2 weeks or so, they may receive a ballot for the previous registration. This is because the ballots were already printed and ready to mail before they changed their registration.

These voters will receive ANOTHER ballot in a week or so, for their new registration.

Voters should NOT send in the first ballot, with the wrong registration. They should wait for the second, correct ballot before voting.

Update: The Secretary Of State said this:

What happens if a voter casts the ballot that has their old registration?

The state's centralized database will catch the error automatically (the ballot envelope bar code contains the voter's ID and ballot style), and that ballot will not be processed. Instead, it will be set aside until all other ballots are processed.

If the second updated ballot is cast only that one will be counted, and the old one will not be counted. If the voter sends in only the out-of-date ballot only their votes in non-partisan contests will be counted.

Again, under any circumstance only one ballot will be counted per voter.

It seems republican presidential candidate Sen John McCain has accidentally forgotten to submit a statement to the Oregon Voter's Guide. Must've been a miscommunication somewhere.
How are voters supposed to know his stand on the issues, his vision for the future, his promise for a better, brighter tomorrow for all Americans?
Fear not, Dear Readers. The DPO has thoroughly researched the matter, and come up with a handy, informative page you can print and paste right into your Voter's Guide!
Or your brother-in-law's. You know the one.
Click on the attachment to meet the REAL John McCain and learn about his plans for America.

April 30 2008: Oregon Representative Suzanne Bonamici was appointed this morning to replace Brad Avakian (who was appointed labor commissioner in March) as State Senator for Senate District 17. Bonamici was one of three nominees selected by Precinct Committee Persons last week at a Convention hosted by Washington & Multnomah Counties. The nominee's names were sent to the Washington County Commissioners for final selection and appointment.
Congratulations Senator Bonamici, and many thanks to the other fine candidates who ran for this position.

Sign up to volunteer on-site for the May 10 Washco Dems fundraiser
“Spring Fest Victory 08.”

Jobs include: set-up check-in check-out auction set up and monitoring food and beverage service selling merchandise clean-up.

Volunteers will work in shifts with a team leader so that all of us will be able to enjoy the event while making a significant contribution to its success. There are no meetings to attend, just show up and report to your team leader at the event.

US Senate Candidates David Loera, Jeff Merkley, Candy Neville, and Steve Novick met Sunday at Pacific University for a live televised debate. Several members of the Washington County Democratic Party were in attendance. Watch excerpts of the debate at the KATU News website. Click on the Campaign tab above to find links to the candidate's websites.