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announced on June 16, 2008 that its unofficial signature verification process showed that the initiative's supporters had turned in 83,248 valid signatures, versus a requirement of 82,769 signatures. This represented a validity rate of 66.88% calculated over the 124,476 signatures turned in.
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Two campaign committees opposed to Measure 58 have registered. They are
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Notable arguments that have been made against Ballot Measure 58 include:
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Committee majority finds fault with English language proposal
2012:, "School workers add $ 100,000 to campaign", August 25, 2008
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The initiative would have required "English immersion" in
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Measure 58 would re-write English teaching in Oregon
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Oregon has voted against him, but Sizemore fights on
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Ballotpedia's article about Oregon Ballot Measure 58
1866:"Measures could squeeze Oregon budget, critics say"
1962:Campaign finance history of Defend Oregon for 2008
1740:Citizens' Initiative Review Analysis and Statement
1855:"State puts high price tag on education measures"
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1684:Final analysis and statement
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1091:
1073:
1062:
1057:
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1017:
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1007:
989:
978:
973:
961:
956:
951:
933:
928:
923:
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872:
867:
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821:
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362:
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306:
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289:
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279:
240:
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232:
208:
207:
172:
171:
155:
154:
115:
110:
105:
98:
93:
15:
3322:Loren Parks
3198:Health care
3151:Solar power
3136:Bottle bill
3129:Environment
3088:Term limits
2715:Wilsonville
2680:McMinnville
2675:Oregon City
2670:Grants Pass
2660:Lake Oswego
2640:Springfield
2563:Springfield
2541:Metro areas
2517:Great Basin
2448:High Desert
2368:LGBT rights
2246:delegations
1985:Oregon Live
1650:$ 600,000,
1644:$ 450,000,
1288:Newspapers
106:Total votes
3460:Categories
3243:Tax revolt
3156:Coal power
3146:Wind power
3102:Gay rights
2948:Washington
2848:Hood River
2312:State Fair
2236:Government
1899:2008-10-26
1746:Supporters
1543:this area.
1508:Supporters
1496:standards.
1193:Washington
633:Hood River
19:Measure 58
3430:US Senate
3229:25 (2002)
3225:36 (1996)
3223:Measures
2923:Tillamook
2908:Multnomah
2863:Josephine
2858:Jefferson
2823:Deschutes
2793:Clackamas
2765:Pendleton
2760:Hermiston
2735:Milwaukie
2695:West Linn
2645:Corvallis
2625:Beaverton
2620:Hillsboro
2358:Education
2256:elections
2209:Geography
2179:(capital)
2010:Oregonian
1805:(Website)
1776:from the
1758:Opponents
1557:Opponents
1053:Tillamook
969:Multnomah
717:Josephine
689:Jefferson
493:Deschutes
325:Clackamas
111:1,734,599
3435:US House
3236:Taxation
3166:Land use
2928:Umatilla
2803:Columbia
2775:Counties
2740:Sherwood
2720:Roseburg
2700:Woodburn
2690:Tualatin
2600:Portland
2577:Portland
2473:Southern
2378:Politics
2373:Gambling
2363:Gun laws
2333:Abortion
2307:Pioneers
2290:timeline
2263:Governor
1081:Umatilla
381:Columbia
199:Source:
77:756,903
2958:Yamhill
2953:Wheeler
2938:Wallowa
2918:Sherman
2893:Malheur
2883:Lincoln
2868:Klamath
2853:Jackson
2833:Gilliam
2828:Douglas
2798:Clatsop
2730:Ashland
2710:Newberg
2685:Redmond
2635:Medford
2615:Gresham
2572:Ashland
2568:Medford
2453:Palouse
2435:Eastern
2397:Western
2388:Regions
2353:Economy
2338:Culture
2326:Society
2317:Symbols
2275:History
2219:beaches
2204:Climate
2199:Outline
2046:KATU-TV
1662:AFL-CIO
1256:20,587
1249:Yamhill
1221:Wheeler
1214:223,108
1210:95,215
1203:127,893
1137:Wallowa
1088:10,270
1025:Sherman
1004:16,753
990:343,005
986:98,224
979:244,781
934:119,619
920:56,194
885:Malheur
864:22,942
846:10,496
829:Lincoln
822:174,000
818:68,933
811:105,067
752:11,726
745:Klamath
724:19,078
678:44,788
661:Jackson
549:Gilliam
528:23,165
521:Douglas
510:36,475
426:14,916
388:11,784
353:Clatsop
346:181,563
342:83,570
314:15,365
248:County
211:was an
116:100.00%
94:977,696
80:43.64%
47:Results
2903:Morrow
2898:Marion
2843:Harney
2788:Benton
2665:Keizer
2655:Tigard
2650:Albany
2610:Eugene
2559:Eugene
2490:Shared
2302:People
2229:rivers
2186:Topics
2166:Oregon
1652:AFSCME
1270:41,897
1265:21,310
1253:49.14
1225:47.19
1207:42.68
1186:10,834
1182:5,100
1179:47.07
1144:1,932
1141:45.98
1130:12,015
1116:5,937
1113:49.41
1102:24,444
1097:14,174
1085:42.01
1074:12,722
1070:6,163
1067:48.44
1029:46.67
1018:34,491
1013:17,738
1001:48.57
983:28.64
948:1,563
945:39.90
941:Morrow
929:63,425
917:46.98
913:Marion
906:10,046
892:3,535
889:35.19
878:49,569
873:26,627
861:46.28
850:22,900
843:45.83
839:12,404
815:39.62
780:1,430
777:40.62
766:28,344
761:16,618
749:41.47
738:39,830
733:20,752
721:47.90
696:3,769
693:46.97
682:96,012
675:46.65
671:51,224
650:3,750
647:40.29
612:1,496
609:42.28
605:Harney
584:1,625
581:43.59
553:46.21
542:50,389
537:27,224
525:45.97
514:75,384
507:48.39
503:38,909
486:11,796
472:5,335
469:45.23
444:4,242
441:42.48
430:29,890
423:49.90
419:14,974
402:23,771
397:11,987
385:49.57
374:17,502
370:7,994
367:45.67
339:46.03
335:97,993
318:43,968
311:34.95
307:28,603
297:Benton
276:3,802
273:45.06
263:Total
260:Votes
254:Votes
228:Oregon
190:
184:
178:
167:
161:
129:85.7%
99:56.36%
61:Votes
57:Choice
2943:Wasco
2933:Union
2838:Grant
2818:Curry
2813:Crook
2783:Baker
2755:Canby
2605:Salem
2343:Crime
2297:Parks
2224:lakes
2214:fauna
2194:Index
2176:Salem
2162:State
2087:Note:
1938:CAUSA
1784:Notes
1260:50.86
1232:52.81
1198:57.32
1175:5,734
1170:52.93
1165:Wasco
1158:4,202
1153:2,270
1148:54.02
1125:6,078
1120:50.59
1109:Union
1092:57.99
1063:6,559
1058:51.56
1036:53.33
1008:51.43
974:71.36
962:3,917
957:2,354
952:60.10
924:53.02
901:6,511
896:64.81
868:53.72
834:54.17
806:60.38
794:3,520
789:2,090
784:59.38
756:58.53
728:52.10
710:8,025
705:4,256
700:53.03
666:53.35
654:9,307
643:5,557
638:59.71
626:3,538
621:2,042
616:57.72
598:3,728
593:2,103
588:56.41
577:Grant
570:1,069
560:53.79
532:54.03
498:51.61
481:6,461
476:54.77
465:Curry
458:9,985
453:5,743
448:57.52
437:Crook
414:50.10
392:50.43
363:9,508
358:54.33
330:53.97
302:65.05
290:8,455
285:4,635
280:54.94
269:Baker
3409:2010
3405:2007
2913:Polk
2888:Linn
2878:Lane
2873:Lake
2808:Coos
2630:Bend
2268:list
1820:2008
1639:SEIU
1291:Yes
1228:369
1032:462
997:Polk
857:Linn
801:Lane
773:Lake
556:494
409:Coos
257:Yes
74:Yes
2164:of
1450:No
1438:No
1426:No
1414:No
1402:No
1390:No
1378:No
1366:No
1354:No
1342:No
1330:No
1318:No
1306:No
1294:No
1242:782
1237:413
1046:990
1041:528
565:575
251:No
226:in
156:Yes
90:No
3462::
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2089::
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1807:.
1527:.
173:No
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