It only took analysts five months (!) to crunch the numbers from November's election and as of last week, we can finally see who, exactly, voted. In Oregon, only 35.7 percent of people under 30 turned out to the ballot box, compared to 61 percent of "old" people. That sounds sad until it's compared to the rest of the country: Oregon's youth voter turnout actually ranked number one in the nation! The high turnout is thanks in part to Oregon's vote-by-mail system, as well as get-out-the-vote efforts. SARAH MIRK

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The Oregon Tea Party said they would try to live in the spirit of an unlikely idol—Martin Luther King Jr. In preparation for a tax-day rally in Pioneer Courthouse Square on April 15 (well, technically, a three-days-before-tax-day rally), Multnomah County Republican Party Chairman Jeff Reynolds told the Portland Tribune that all participating Tea Partiers are asked to take MLK's Pledge of Nonviolence, fearing physical attacks from unions. "Any anti-Tea Party violence will be met by an even keel of truth and justice," said Reynolds. No attacks were reported, but footage of counter protesters telling the Tea Partiers that the American flag makes good toilet paper wound up on Bill O'Reilly's national Fox show. SM

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Is there a deadline looming for Portland to wrap up its discussions on how far to go in reengaging with the FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force? The special agent in charge of the FBI's Portland field office, Art Balizan, is stepping down at the end of April, and sources say that's got Mayor Sam Adams working like crazy to firm up a draft resolution that the mayor has been swapping between the feds and council colleagues. Talks are fluid, but the mayor last week reportedly had support from Commissioners Nick Fish and Dan Saltzman (who first called on the council to formally rejoin the task force), but not Randy Leonard or Amanda Fritz. DENIS C. THERIAULT