LONG BALLOT COMING IN NOVEMBER

Seven statewide measures and as many as 28 statewide initiatives will show
up along with the candidates.

Oregon voters face a long ballot in the Nov. 7 general election.

Besides local and state candidates and measures and presidential and
congressional contenders, they also will decide seven statewide measures
placed on the ballot by the 1999 Legislature and one referendum. And then
there are the statewide initiatives.

Sponsors submitted petition signatures for 20 initiatives by Friday's
filing deadline. One of them, relating to prepayment of state real estate
loans, will not qualify for the November ballot because an initial sampling
put it short and because sponsors failed to submit additional signatures
for it.

The secretary of state has until Aug. 4 to verify signatures and qualify
the measures for the ballot.

Summaries of the other initiatives:

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MARIJUANA LEGALIZATION

SUBJECT - PERMITS SALE OF MARIJUANA TO ADULTS AT STATE LIQUOR STORES

EXPLANATION: Directs Oregon Liquor Control Commission to license
cultivation of marijuana and purchase entire crop. Some would be sold at
cost to pharmacies and research centers for medical purposes; the rest
would be sold to adults at state liquor stores. Proceeds would go into
state general fund and 10 percent to specified purposes, including
education and treatment for drug abuse.

Sponsor: Campaign for the Restoration and Regulation of Hemp.

CHIEF PETITIONERS: D.P. Stanford, Portland; Paul Loney, Portland; Phillip
Levesque, Molalla.

STATUS: Submitted a reported 78,640 signatures Friday; 66,786 valid
signatures required.

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