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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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1998:, "Teachers, nurses add $ 2.5 million to campaigns", September 10, 2008
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2116:"Oregonâs Anti-ESL Measure Debated", CAUSA Oregon, July 15, 2008
2009:"Oregon teachers, other unions wage costly war against measures"
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Committee majority finds fault with English language proposal
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The initiative would have required "English immersion" in
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3104:List of Oregon ballot measures
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241:. It was rejected by voters.
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1695:Final analysis and statement
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1619:Donors opposed to Measure 58
1588:Arguments against Measure 58
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26:
3333:Loren Parks
3209:Health care
3162:Solar power
3147:Bottle bill
3140:Environment
3099:Term limits
2726:Wilsonville
2691:McMinnville
2686:Oregon City
2681:Grants Pass
2671:Lake Oswego
2651:Springfield
2574:Springfield
2552:Metro areas
2528:Great Basin
2459:High Desert
2379:LGBT rights
2257:delegations
1996:Oregon Live
1661:$ 600,000,
1655:$ 450,000,
1299:Newspapers
117:Total votes
3471:Categories
3254:Tax revolt
3167:Coal power
3157:Wind power
3113:Gay rights
2959:Washington
2859:Hood River
2323:State Fair
2247:Government
1910:2008-10-26
1757:Supporters
1554:this area.
1519:Supporters
1507:standards.
1204:Washington
644:Hood River
30:Measure 58
3441:US Senate
3240:25 (2002)
3236:36 (1996)
3234:Measures
2934:Tillamook
2919:Multnomah
2874:Josephine
2869:Jefferson
2834:Deschutes
2804:Clackamas
2776:Pendleton
2771:Hermiston
2746:Milwaukie
2706:West Linn
2656:Corvallis
2636:Beaverton
2631:Hillsboro
2369:Education
2267:elections
2220:Geography
2190:(capital)
2021:Oregonian
1816:(Website)
1787:from the
1769:Opponents
1568:Opponents
1064:Tillamook
980:Multnomah
728:Josephine
700:Jefferson
504:Deschutes
336:Clackamas
122:1,734,599
3446:US House
3247:Taxation
3177:Land use
2939:Umatilla
2814:Columbia
2786:Counties
2751:Sherwood
2731:Roseburg
2711:Woodburn
2701:Tualatin
2611:Portland
2588:Portland
2484:Southern
2389:Politics
2384:Gambling
2374:Gun laws
2344:Abortion
2318:Pioneers
2301:timeline
2274:Governor
1092:Umatilla
392:Columbia
210:Source:
88:756,903
2969:Yamhill
2964:Wheeler
2949:Wallowa
2929:Sherman
2904:Malheur
2894:Lincoln
2879:Klamath
2864:Jackson
2844:Gilliam
2839:Douglas
2809:Clatsop
2741:Ashland
2721:Newberg
2696:Redmond
2646:Medford
2626:Gresham
2583:Ashland
2579:Medford
2464:Palouse
2446:Eastern
2408:Western
2399:Regions
2364:Economy
2349:Culture
2337:Society
2328:Symbols
2286:History
2230:beaches
2215:Climate
2210:Outline
2057:KATU-TV
1673:AFL-CIO
1267:20,587
1260:Yamhill
1232:Wheeler
1225:223,108
1221:95,215
1214:127,893
1148:Wallowa
1099:10,270
1036:Sherman
1015:16,753
1001:343,005
997:98,224
990:244,781
945:119,619
931:56,194
896:Malheur
875:22,942
857:10,496
840:Lincoln
833:174,000
829:68,933
822:105,067
763:11,726
756:Klamath
735:19,078
689:44,788
672:Jackson
560:Gilliam
539:23,165
532:Douglas
521:36,475
437:14,916
399:11,784
364:Clatsop
357:181,563
353:83,570
325:15,365
259:County
222:was an
127:100.00%
105:977,696
91:43.64%
58:Results
2914:Morrow
2909:Marion
2854:Harney
2799:Benton
2676:Keizer
2666:Tigard
2661:Albany
2621:Eugene
2570:Eugene
2501:Shared
2313:People
2240:rivers
2197:Topics
2177:Oregon
1663:AFSCME
1281:41,897
1276:21,310
1264:49.14
1236:47.19
1218:42.68
1197:10,834
1193:5,100
1190:47.07
1155:1,932
1152:45.98
1141:12,015
1127:5,937
1124:49.41
1113:24,444
1108:14,174
1096:42.01
1085:12,722
1081:6,163
1078:48.44
1040:46.67
1029:34,491
1024:17,738
1012:48.57
994:28.64
959:1,563
956:39.90
952:Morrow
940:63,425
928:46.98
924:Marion
917:10,046
903:3,535
900:35.19
889:49,569
884:26,627
872:46.28
861:22,900
854:45.83
850:12,404
826:39.62
791:1,430
788:40.62
777:28,344
772:16,618
760:41.47
749:39,830
744:20,752
732:47.90
707:3,769
704:46.97
693:96,012
686:46.65
682:51,224
661:3,750
658:40.29
623:1,496
620:42.28
616:Harney
595:1,625
592:43.59
564:46.21
553:50,389
548:27,224
536:45.97
525:75,384
518:48.39
514:38,909
497:11,796
483:5,335
480:45.23
455:4,242
452:42.48
441:29,890
434:49.90
430:14,974
413:23,771
408:11,987
396:49.57
385:17,502
381:7,994
378:45.67
350:46.03
346:97,993
329:43,968
322:34.95
318:28,603
308:Benton
287:3,802
284:45.06
274:Total
271:Votes
265:Votes
239:Oregon
201:
195:
189:
178:
172:
140:85.7%
110:56.36%
72:Votes
68:Choice
2954:Wasco
2944:Union
2849:Grant
2829:Curry
2824:Crook
2794:Baker
2766:Canby
2616:Salem
2354:Crime
2308:Parks
2235:lakes
2225:fauna
2205:Index
2187:Salem
2173:State
2098:Note:
1949:CAUSA
1795:Notes
1271:50.86
1243:52.81
1209:57.32
1186:5,734
1181:52.93
1176:Wasco
1169:4,202
1164:2,270
1159:54.02
1136:6,078
1131:50.59
1120:Union
1103:57.99
1074:6,559
1069:51.56
1047:53.33
1019:51.43
985:71.36
973:3,917
968:2,354
963:60.10
935:53.02
912:6,511
907:64.81
879:53.72
845:54.17
817:60.38
805:3,520
800:2,090
795:59.38
767:58.53
739:52.10
721:8,025
716:4,256
711:53.03
677:53.35
665:9,307
654:5,557
649:59.71
637:3,538
632:2,042
627:57.72
609:3,728
604:2,103
599:56.41
588:Grant
581:1,069
571:53.79
543:54.03
509:51.61
492:6,461
487:54.77
476:Curry
469:9,985
464:5,743
459:57.52
448:Crook
425:50.10
403:50.43
374:9,508
369:54.33
341:53.97
313:65.05
301:8,455
296:4,635
291:54.94
280:Baker
3420:2010
3416:2007
2924:Polk
2899:Linn
2889:Lane
2884:Lake
2819:Coos
2641:Bend
2279:list
1831:2008
1650:SEIU
1302:Yes
1239:369
1043:462
1008:Polk
868:Linn
812:Lane
784:Lake
567:494
420:Coos
268:Yes
85:Yes
2175:of
1461:No
1449:No
1437:No
1425:No
1413:No
1401:No
1389:No
1377:No
1365:No
1353:No
1341:No
1329:No
1317:No
1305:No
1253:782
1248:413
1057:990
1052:528
576:575
262:No
237:in
167:Yes
101:No
3473::
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1818:.
1538:.
184:No
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