It’s the night we’ve been begging for and dreading: THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS. And the ever-ready Mercury Election Strike Force™ is hitting the city to cover the night’s results, attend the election night parties, and eat ALL the canapés! Tonight’s hottest topics: Kate vs. the Goatee, a back door abortion ban attempt, the fate of Oregon’s […]
Election 2018
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Tonight! Join Us for the Mercury Election Night Live Blog!
From Election Night 2016 Erik Henriksen Dear (Actually) Patriotic Americans! It is the day we’ve all prayed for while simultaneously dreading: MIDTERM ELECTION DAY. You’ve already done your civic duty and voted (YOU HAVEN’T?? OH FOR FUCK’S SAKE, USE OUR CHEAT SHEET, FILL OUT YOUR BALLOT, AND TURN IT IN ALREADY—YOU’RE GIVING ME A HEART […]
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Where to Watch the Election Results Roll In
MICHELLE MRUK As you hopefully all know, tomorrow is one of the Most Important Midterm Elections in History. Superlatives aside, that means you may need some company to watch the election results roll in (starting at 8 pm). Whether you want to gasp/celebrate/sob with the candidates themselves or bite your nails over beers with fellow […]
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Where’s My #$%@ing Ballot: How I Found My Ballot After It Was Not Delivered… Twice
As of today you can no longer mail in your ballot with 100 percent confidence that it will be counted in Tuesday’s Nov 6 Midterm election. As it happens, I didn’t even have my ballot until yesterday because those dill weed hard-working federal employees didn’t deliver it. But I have one now and if you’re […]
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Mercury Endorsements: Vote No on Restricting How Legislature Raises Revenue
Measure 104 shares many similarities with Measure 103, the proposed ban on state grocery taxes. Like the grocery tax ban, Measure 104 is a preemptive move by conservative groups defending their business earnings in Oregon. Measure 104’s text is intentionally confusing to anyone who doesn’t closely follow the Oregon Legislature, but it’s not that complicated. […]
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Mercury Endorsements: Vote Yes on Campaign Finance Reform
VINNIE NEUBERG / Getty Images Check out all of the Mercury‘s 2018 election endorsements! From the race for Oregon governor to the fight for affordable housing, we’ve got you covered. Given the chance, the smart, likable nerds campaigning for Measure 26-200 will happily bury you in spreadsheets, lists, graphs, and statistics. (That’s what they spent […]
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Mercury Endorsements: Vote No on Unnecessary Grocery Tax Ban
Granger Wootz / Getty Images Check out all of the Mercury‘s 2018 election endorsements! From the race for Oregon governor to the fight for affordable housing, we’ve got you covered. Measure 103 aims to protect corporations from regulations that don’t exist. The measure, bankrolled by Oregon’s top grocery and beverage companies, introduces a constitutional amendment […]
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Mercury Endorsements: Vote Yes on Portland Clean Energy Initiative
Brett Maurer /Getty Images Check out all of the Mercury‘s 2018 election endorsements! From the race for Oregon governor to the fight for affordable housing, we’ve got you covered. Earlier this month, the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) sounded a red alert for our overpopulated planet. Without massive, worldwide changes, the IPCC […]
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Mercury Endorsements: Vote No on Oregon’s Backdoor Abortion Ban
Michele Constantini / Getty Images Check out all of the Mercury‘s 2018 election endorsements! From the race for Oregon governor to the fight for affordable housing, we’ve got you covered. The anti-abortion folks backing Measure 106 want voters to believe this is a measure that will simply let Oregonians decide where their tax dollars are […]
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Mercury Endorsements: Vote No on Sanctuary State Repeal
John Moore / Getty Images Check out all of the Mercury‘s 2018 election endorsements! From the race for Oregon governor to the fight for affordable housing, we’ve got you covered. If you consider yourself a relatively decent person with a moral compass, voting no on Measure 105—which would invalidate Oregon’s sanctuary law—is a very easy […]
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Mercury Endorsements: Vote Yes on Metro Housing Bond
LEO ZAROSINSKI Check out all of the Mercury‘s 2018 election endorsements! From the race for Oregon governor to the fight for affordable housing, we’ve got you covered. It’s no secret that Portland’s in the midst of an affordable housing crisis. Since former Mayor Charlie Hales declared a “housing state of emergency” in 2015, Portland and […]
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Mercury Endorsements: Vote Kate Brown for Oregon Governor
Rides a horse and protects reproductive healthcare. Get you a governor who can do both. State of Oregon Check out all of the Mercury‘s 2018 election endorsements! From the race for Oregon governor to the fight for affordable housing, we’ve got you covered. The United States is currently going through a phase not unlike puberty—full […]