

Thank You Lane County!!!

We didn't get everything we'd hoped for, but we did get almost 47% of the vote! That's incredible considering this is a new reform, organized by a grassroots team, with little institutional backing. We put STAR Voting on the map and proved that this proposal is viable!



When you take into account voters who declined to take a position, the vote totals show that the "No" votes fell far short of a majority. 42% Yes, 46% No, and 12% No Position/Blank. That means that if only 1/3 of voters who left the question blank had changed their votes to "Yes", we could have won.



“This is a phenomenal foundation for a truly groundbreaking reform"

-Mark Frohnmayer





Don't toss your lawn signs!



We plan to reuse the campaign lawn signs! They cost us over $10 each and a simple sticker is all that is required to get them updated and fresh. Some of you who live on busier streets may have noticed that your sign already got picked up by our canvassing team this week. If we didn't pick up your sign please drop it off at Theo's Coffee House during their Saturday Our Revolution meetings. Next week's meeting is canceled due to Thanksgiving, but any other Saturday you can drop off your sign between the hours of 11am and 1pm. If that's not possible, or if you don't live in Eugene please send a text to Sara at 971-222-9364 to organize a pick up. (This photo is in no way an endorsement for or by Big Gulp.)



And now for Round 2!

We are gearing up already! No time to get comfortable. We ran an epic campaign with a TON of momentum built up, so the plan is to strike while the iron is hot with Round Two. 47% is so close to 50%!



We are planning a leadership meeting for Thursday, Nov 29th, at the ASFCME building at 688 Charnelton St, Eugene, OR 97401 a week after Thanksgiving and all are welcome, particularly if you volunteered in the past or hope to volunteer or step up in the future. As always, our facebook pages are a great place to find upcoming events.

Please! Make a donation to help keep the movement alive! https://www.starvoting.us/donate



We have a lot of plans in the works and the details are coming together rapidly. Here's what we know: We spent around 1/2 of what it normally takes to pass an initiative like this and got within a razor's edge of victory. That means that this cause is super effective bang for your buck! This round we have a foundation to build on, a coalition of powerful supporters, and a rockstar team of veteran activists.



Here's the initial plan: We are already working on drafting a next round of measures. What to target and exact details are being discussed.

We are planning on doing next steps to make the Equal Vote Coalition non-profit stronger and more organized with plans to also add a C4 arm.

We need to level up our fundraising for both c3 and c4 expenses.

We want to start Equal Vote chapters to work on STAR Voting in any place where there are 5 or more active volunteers. We plan to support those efforts and provide consulting, start-up support, and an activist toolkit.

We plan to grow the coalition with other orgs that can fit STAR Voting into their mission and lend support.

We plan to get STAR adopted by as many groups, schools, and businesses as possible, ASAP.

We need dedicated staff to lead the effort.



Equal Vote Coalition logo!

Volunteering

We still need your help! Get involved with any number of our projects and subcommittees. Most teams have tasks that can be done for home with just a few spare hours. Whatever your skills and interests we can put you to work. Please send an email to Sara at: sara@equal.vote to and let her know your availability. Instagram,



Comment often and share our posts to help boost the frequency, and feel free to create your own posts telling people why you're inspired! We are trying to rapidly grow our following. You can help! In addition to our STAR Voting Lane County and STAR Voting facebook pages, we now have "STAR Voting" or "StarVoting" accounts on all you favorite platforms: Twitter Reddit , and even Snapchat! Like and follow us!Comment often and share our posts to help boost the frequency, and feel free to create your own posts telling people why you're inspired! We are trying to rapidly grow our following. You can help!



Letter Writing Tips for writing a good letter to the editor: Letters to the editor allow you to voice concern or praise about issues facing your community. They can inform, influence public opinion, educate readers and ask for action. It is very important that letters are concise and the message is clear and easy to understand. If possible, refer to past articles or editorials in the paper. Quoting a source is a good way to back up your statement. Always make sure that someone who did not read the story you are referring to would understand what you are talking about.

Make sure your statements are accurate.

Check spelling and grammar.

Include your Full Name, Address and Daytime Phone Number for verification Register-Guard:

Eugene Weekly: letters@eugeneweekly.com Limit: 250 words rgletters@registerguard.com Limit: 250 words: letters@eugeneweekly.com Limit: 250 words Siuslaw News: Limit: 250 words

The Oregonian: letters@oregonian.com Limit: 250 words

Willamette Weekly: mzusman@wweek.com Limit: 250 words

Cottage Grove Sentinel:

The Creswell Chronical:

Oregon Daily Emerald (U of O): nhickson@thesiuslawnews.com Limit: 250 wordsletters@oregonian.com Limit: 250 wordsmzusman@wweek.com Limit: 250 words cgnews@cgsentinel.com Limit: 250 words info@thecreswellchronicle.com Limit: 250 words letters@dailyemerald.com Limit: 250 words

Letters to organizations who should endorse STAR Voting: Many groups held off support because they didn't think we stood a chance. Now they are feeling guilty. These groups sat it out on the sidelines. Let's hope they do better this time. Please send a quick note to the following organizations asking them to support STAR Voting and get in their endorsement for STAR Voting for Lane County. Tell them why you care or keep it short and sweet, but either way, keep it friendly and please write! Nonpartisan Reformers: contact@nonpartisanreformers.org

Common Cause: ourdemocracy2018@commoncause.org

League of Women Voters: info@lwvpdx.org

The Bus Project: info@busproject.org

Sightline: kristin@sightline.org

Rep Peter DeFazio: 541-465-6732

Sen Ron Wyden: Grace_Stratton@wyden.senate.gov

OR League of Conservation Voters: olcv@olcv.org

FairVote: info@fairvote.org

Lane County Republicans: Info@OregonLaneGOP.org

Lane County Democrats: office@dplc.org

Libertarian Party of Oregon: johannstein@gmail.com

other Libertarian Party of Oregon (there are 2 that are not connected with each other): https://lporegon.org/contact/

Green Party of Oregon: info@pacificgreens.org

Working Families Party of Oregon: oregon@workingfamilies.org

Working Families Party of Oregon: oregon@workingfamilies.org

Independent Voter Project: contact@independentvoterproject.org

The Center For Election Science: contact@electology.org

The Center For Range Voting: warren.wds@gmail.com



SPECIAL THANKS TO THE BRAVE LEADERS WHO DID ENDORSE! https://www.starvoting.us/coalition