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OMMA 2 is also known as the Dispensary Bill for a key objective it is attempting to meet - creating access to medicine for Patients. Cannabis is safe effective medicine and the current law often leaves them out of luck and in pain. This new initiative will fix this and many of the other problems patients have encountered with OMMA, the Oregon Medical Marijuana Act, in its present form. Not only does it try to do what’s best for the people, it also wants to make things easier for the authorities as well. It would remove the problem of differentiating between the 4 "mature" plants allowed and any others on the premises. The full initiative text is available online at: http://www.voterpower.org/news/initiative.html

Additional information about OMMA 2 can be found in archived editions of the electronic newsletter at:

http://www.voterpower.org/flash/news.html

• REGISTERING VOTERS. People signing Petitions must be registered to vote. You can register as often as you want. When in doubt, register again.
• A person can register and vote if over 18 (at time of election) and resident of state. Note! FELONs can register and vote in Oregon even while on probation or parole. The only exception is when in jail or prison.
• If someone has their hands full, you can fill out the Voters Registration form for them EXCEPT for the Name and Date. Make sure the person registering Signs and Dates the form.
• Once they have registered, it is best that they wait ten days and then sign. Some people have tried forward-dating their signature on the petition, while others have tried backdating the form - these are not good methods. They can take a petition with them and mail it back (get their friends to sign, too) or you can let them no where to catch up with us again. They should also find location information through all our media.
• PETITIONERs. When generating copies or printing off the website, make sure the paper is correct weight (20lb, 24/60lb or 70lb) and that copies are legible. The petition side should be clear, aligned and full size. The cover page side should be legible, aligned in the middle. They should be on one sheet, each on one side. The top of the cover page should line up with the left-hand side of the petition when you flip the page over. NOTE: Oregon election laws require petitioners to carry a complete copy of the text of the initiative they are representing. Copies of the Life with Dignity initiative text are available from the same place signature gatherers can get petition sheets.
• Make sure you have a copy of the text with you. Contact Voter Power for a copy >
• Make sure they are registered. Make sure they sign only once per election cycle. Make sure that sign in their county. If they sign for the wrong county, cross it off.
• If someone has their hands full, you can fill out the Voters Registration form for them EXCEPT for the Signature and Date. Make sure the person registering Signs and Dates the petition.

Voters in Oregon should not sign using a P.O. Box. It makes it harder to confirm, when necessary. Explain to signers and try to get them to write down the same address where they are registered to vote -- their current address -- and if necessary, to fill out a voter registration card (which you should have with you) if they have changed addresses since last registering.

• THE "FRED MEYER" SITUATION. There was a case decided where it was ruled that a store could tell petitioners where to go (!) IF IN DOUBT, GO AHEAD and try. They can’t arrest you without warning.
• Select your spot and start petitioning. Be polite and unobtrusive as possible. Don’t argue or pursue and NEVER shout.
• If approached my management, try to address concerns, find parameters and work out solutions. If all else, just find another spot. You can’t gather signatures while in jail or otherwise uselessly debating with the ignorant!

Coast (BROOKINGS): Southern Oregon Medical Marijuana Network (SOMMnet) * 541.469-9999 * Brotherbob@woods-computers.net * www.somm-net.org

JACKSONVILLE: Southern Oregon Voter Power (SOVP) 541.890-0100

ROSEBURG: Douglas County Voter Power (DCVP) 541.445-2886

TUNE IN. To keep up with the cannabis-related news in the Eugene area, check out Cannabis TV on cable access (ATT) channel 22 on Wednesdays at 8:30p. Contact Dan "Danbo" Ernst at 541.485-6717 for more information.

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