Are you tired of voting for the "lesser of two evils"? Wish you had a say in who you got to vote for? Well you can, if you vote in the primaries! Primary elections determine who will be on the ballot in the general election. If you want to vote in the primaries for a party, you must select that party on your voter registration. You can update your voter registration online.

The next statewide primary election is May 21, which means you need to register and select a party by May 1 to participate in a closed primary. The sooner you register, the better off you will be.

What positions can you vote on in primaries?

• President
• Governor
• Attorney General
• Secretary of State
• Treasurer
• State Legislators
• Federal legislators (house and senate)

Voting is one important way you can be politically active. There are many other ways as well. I hope you explore all your options and engage politically. Our political process has flaws, it's easy to look at things and think they are hopeless. But remember that apathy has never worked as a strategy to change anything for the better and probably never will :).

But you do you

This is pretty nifty. Eugene has some very nice (and underrated) museums.

Awesome Grindcore Show at Sam Bond's Garage Tomorrow!

Heyy it's been a while since I posted to the @eugene community!

I just wanted to let you all know about a show I'm excited for! It's at Sam Bond's Garage tomorrow (Tuesday, March 26th) at 6 PM, with $10 admission. For more info, check out their calendar.

I've never seen pink fawn lillies before, so it was really cool to see them. They're blooming at Mt. Pisgah. Saw a few trillium blooming, but most hadn't blossomed yet.

Somewhere, over the gas station.

By the way, I really don't like the name LUBE IT USA anyway.

First of all, lube what, exactly? That's kind of personal, isn't it?

Or does it mean lube everything? That'd be terrible! Nothing would get done, everything and everyone would just be sliding all over the place and falling down and slipping everywhere.

Also, it's very demanding, LUBE IT, USA! RIGHT NOW! AND THAT'S AN ORDER! I don't like being told what to do by my lube.

Bill SB1596 has passed the house and senate and was sponsored by two Eugene reps: House Rep Holvey and Senatator Prozanski.

"Oregon has joined the small but growing list of states that have passed right-to-repair legislation. Oregon's bill stands out for a provision that would prevent companies from requiring that official parts be unlocked with encrypted software checks before they will fully function." - Ars Technica

It now awaits a signature from Tina Kotek, if you are passionate about this bill, you can contact her here:

https://www.oregon.gov/gov/Pages/share-your-opinion.aspx

Bill info and votes:

https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Measures/Overview/SB1596

The legislature has no business reversing a citizen ballot initiative. The entire point of ballot initiatives is to enable citizens to go over the heads of the legislature, it is a check on their power. We are very fortunate in Oregon to have that right, many states do not. But that check on their power is useless if they can just reverse whatever gets voted on.

Remember that ranked choice voting is coming up as a ballot initiative as well, which is something both parties have great incentive to reverse. If there's one thing Democrats and Republicans can agree on, it's that they don't want competition from any other parties.

If public opinion shifted so hard against M110, they should have sent a revised version of M110 or a reversal back to ballot.

I look forward to voting against you in the primary Holvey.

Source: https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Measures/Overview/HB4002

PS If you have any thoughts on this or any other issue, you can contact Holvey here https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/holvey