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Why Vote? An OEA Member's Answers
OEA member Reed Scott-Schwalbach in an email to friends & colleagues: "Public funding, and those who decide where it goes, directly impacts how many students I have (200 this year) and who I work with (a woman I worked with for 6 years lost her job in this year's cuts. We no longer have a single female PE teacher for our 1,900 students)." Read more.

Recommended by OEA-PIE members:

- Governor: John Kitzhaber [WON]
Kitzhaber speaking to OEA-PIE members (also on YouTube)
- www.facebook.com/johnkitzhaber
- www.twitter.com/kitz2010
- OEA's one-page Fact Sheet on Kitzhaber
- Compare Kitzhaber to Chris Dudley

- State Treasurer: Ted Wheeler [WON]
- Ted Wheeler on Facebook
- www.twitter.com/tedwheeler
- OEA's one-page Fact Sheet on Wheeler

- Oregon House & Senate Races
Jump to the listing of Oregon House & Senate candidates, as recommended by the local OEA-PIE members living in the respective districts.

The members of the OEA Board of Directors takes the following stances (Download a 1-page PDF):

Measure	What it says	What it does	OEA Position
70	Amends Constitution: Expands availability of home ownership loans for Oregon veterans through Oregon War Veterans’ Fund (Referral from the Oregon Legislature).	This measure helps Oregon Veterans and their families realize the dream of home ownership.	Support [Passed]
71	Amends Constitution: Requires legislature to meet annually; limits length of legislative sessions; provides exceptions (Referral from the Oregon Legislature).	This measure will help the legislature react faster to the needs of public education and other vital services in times of crises.	Support [Passed]
72	Amends Constitution: Authorizes exception to $50,000 state borrowing limit for state’s real and personal property projects (Referral from the Oregon Legislature).	This measure gives the state the ability to borrow money at the lowest interest rate possible, helping to stabilize our state budget.	Support [Passed]
73	Requires increased minimum sentences for certain repeated sex crimes, incarceration for repeated driving under the influence.	This measure takes money away from critical treatment and court supervision of criminal offenders, and also takes millions of dollars away from our public schools.	Oppose [Passed]
74	Establishes medical marijuana supply system and assistance and research programs; allows limited selling of marijuana.	This measure does not fall under OEA’s Measure Up criteria.	Neutral [Failed]
75	Authorizes Multnomah County casino; casino to contribute monthly revenue percentage to state for specified purposes.	Research is inconclusive on the impact on the Oregon State Lottery, where education receives a portion of its budget.	Neutral [Failed]
76	Amends Constitution: Continues lottery funding for parks, beaches, wildlife habitat, watershed protection beyond 2014; modifies funding process.	Oregon Legislators and proponents recently agreed to legislative referral that will address OEA’s main concerns regarding this measure.	Neutral [Passed]