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Commissioners face questions over election integrity By JULIE AKINS For The World
Coos County Commissioners were confronted this week by a handful of residents who claim the 2020 election results were fraudulent and who support, according to their comments, a lawsuit against 12 Oregon counties, including
Coos, and Secretary of State Shemia Fagan filed after the 2020 elections. And it wasn’t long before things got emotional. Commission Chair John Sweet threatened expulsion from the meeting if the group claiming election fraud did not stop blurting out while others attempted to speak.
“If you continue, I’ll have you removed from the meeting,” Sweet said when an opponent to the narrative of a stolen election attempted to testify. David Jennings said of the lawsuit, “The people making these claims don’t like democracy.” His statements were met with boos and jeers.
Meantime, The 13 plaintiffs in the case, continue to claim the refuted theory that the 2020 election was stolen. According to the lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Portland, Clackamas, Washington, Multnomah, Lane, Linn, Marion, Jackson, Deschutes, Yamhill, Douglas, Klamath and Coos counties and Fagan fueled “a profound crisis of
confidence that constitutes de facto voter suppression and disenfranchisement.” The Secretary of State last week, on October 28, filed a motion to dismiss based on lack of evidence, wrong jurisdiction and failure to prove their point of failure to provide a certificate in connection Please see ELECTION Page A3
An amazing weekend for Marshfield High School
Photos by John Gunther/For The World
Empty Bowls to fight hunger
Marshfield High School had a record-breaking weekend as the Marshfield volleyball team, left, won its first Class 4A state championship. The top-ranked Pirates swept No. 2 Cascade in the championship game to claim the state title. Above, Marshfield senior Alex Garcia-Silver won his second straight state championship in cross country with a record-setting run. See full results in Sports on Page A11.
Drazan fights against single-party rule By WILL CHAPPELL Country Media
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Hundreds of people came to Southwestern Oregon Community College on Saturday to help fight hunger in the region at the Empty Bowls fundraiser. At the event, people selected one bowl handmade by a local potter and then went inside to receive soup donated by several local restaurants. All of the proceeds are donated to local food banks that feed those in need.
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In the last week of the campaign, Christine Drazan has pitched herself as a balancing force against the continued single-party control of Democrats in Salem. Speaking at a press availability on Tuesday, November 1, Drazan said that Democratic policies have focused on large population centers to the detriment of rural areas of the state, while failing to produce positive results for either. Drazan acknowledged that Democrats are likely to maintain control of the state house and senate, but said that she would work across the aisle to ensure that all Oregonians are represented in Salem. She pledged to work to bridge the divide that has formed between rural and urban areas in the state. She said she would work to address the homelessness crisis in Portland, while also taking action on rural issues. Drazan said that on the campaign trail she had met many business owners who said Oregon did not offer a competitive environment for businesses. Thus, a primary focus for Drazan, should she be elected, will be the repeal of rules and regulations that she says are overburdening businesses in the state. Comics
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Drazan also emphasized that she will focus on reinvigorating Oregon schools, which she said have become too enmeshed in identity politics. “It is critical to me that our schools be outcome driven,” Drazan said. She said that she would reinstate graduation requirements as a first step in that direction. Drazan cited kindergarten and first grade curriculums that devote time to questions of identity as causes for lagging literacy scores among elementary stu-
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dents in the state. She also said that she would continue to work towards reducing carbon emissions if elected governor. But she pledged that she would remove onerous burdens from Oregon families in favor of technological solutions to the problem. She pointed to continued operation of dams that have been at risk of closure under Kate Brown’s administration as one such solution.
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