Oregon Elections Division shuts down phone lines after barrage of calls prompted by false claims

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Oregon Elections Division shuts down phone lines after barrage of calls prompted by false claims
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It's true he's not in the pamphlet by his own design.

It's not true that there's a statement why.

Source: Am an Oregon voter.

Photos from my own:

The list and statement are on page 26, where they list all the candidates.

i.e. "The pages nobody reads". ;)

Ah the age old riddle "if a voters pamphlet has a statement on a page no one reads, is it really there?"

How hard would it have been to print:

This candidate declined to provide a summary for the Oregon Voter Pamphlet.

Because that's what a candidate not having a statement has always meant, and it's never been a problem before.

edit: Also if you look at the post by jordanlund the page that lists the candidates shows an asterisk by the people that didn't supply a statement.

The problem is you forgot to account for bad faith actors and their army of idiots.

Nope, they would just claim that the actual statement wasn't included.

Oh boy can't wait for the Republicon candidate for Oregon Sec. of State, shitbag Linthicum, to spin this into some huge hoopla about "salem libereals suppressing conservatives!!! outrage!!!"