UO SOURCES ON NOV. 3 ELECTION ISSUES
Nov. 3, 1998
Contact Pauline Austin (541) 346-3129 paustin@oregon.uoregon.edu
EDITOR’S NOTE:
These University of Oregon experts are available to answer media inquiries and to discuss issues related to the Nov. 3 general election. For assistance, please call the Office of Communications, (541) 346-3134.Voter Turn-Out:
• Jerry Medler, (541) 346-4568 (office); 302-1504 (home); e-mail jmedler@oregon.uoregon.edu.
Medler is a UO associate professor of political science, who studies Oregon politics. He is prepared to comment on how voter turn-out affected the election.
Measure 58 (requires issuing original birth certificates to adoptees who request it):
• Ellen Herman, (541) 346-3118; e-mail eherman@darkwing.uoregon.edu
Herman is a UO assistant professor of history. She studies adoption in contemporary America and is currently writing a book on the history of childhood adoption.
Measures 59 and 62
(prohibiting use of public resources to collect money for political purposes; campaign finance, signature gathering and contribution methods):• Marcus Widenor, (541) 346-2785; e-mail mrwide@oregon.uoregon.edu
Widenor is an associate professor at the UO Labor Education and Research Center. He is an expert on labor relations and trade unions.
Measure 63 (supermajority voting requirements):
• Carl Hosticka, (541) 346-2169 (main campus); (503) 725-8407 (Portland Center)
Hosticka is a former state legislator and UO professor of planning, public policy and management. He is an expert on Oregon politics, policy analysis and natural resource policy. Hosticka is currently UO associate vice president for statewide education services. Hosticka will be in his office at the Portland Center Tuesday all day and Wednesday morning. He will be at the main campus in Eugene Wednesday afternoon.
Measure 64 (timber harvest practices):
• John Baldwin, (541) 346-3895; e-mail jbaldwin@oregon.uoregon.edu
Baldwin is director of the UO Institute for a Sustainable Environment. He is an expert in environmental studies and resource management.
• William Harbaugh, (541) 346-1244; e-mail harbaugh@oregon.uoregon.edu
Harbaugh is a UO professor of economics who specializes in the economics of natural resources management and the environment.