The Josephine County Republican Party 2014 Election Guide is now available online. Please feel free to print these, fold them, and distribute them to friends and neighbors.
We will also have some printed and available at our Republican Campaign Headquarters soon.
Join us on Tuesday, May 20, at the Republican Campaign Headquarters to watch the Primary Election Results!
We’ll start at 5:00 PM and stay until the election results are in (around 9:00).
We’ll be cooking up bcrats on the BBQ and having pot luck for everything else. So bring a dessert, appetizer, snack, or side dish, and prepare for an evening of fun and celebration!
Some of our Republican candidates will be there with us to watch the election results roll in.
Come join in the FUN!
Josephine County Campaign Headquarters
513 NE 6th St, Grants Pass (across from the Courthouse)
Tuesday, May 20, 6:00 PM until ….
The referendum on the four ordinances succeeded! The voters have spoken. All four measures were resoundingly defeated.
| Measure | Ordinance | No Votes | Yes Votes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17.53 | Solid Waste & Nuisance Ordinance | 76.48% | 23.52% | ||
| 17.54 | Code Enforcement Officer Ordinance | 79.24% | 10.76% | ||
| 17.55 | Hearings Officer Ordinance | 80.15% | 19.85% | ||
| 17.56 | Environmental Health Ordinance | 77.47% | 22.53% |
The Josephine County Republican Central Committee voted to pass a resolution opposing these measures last June. Since then, we have received letters of support from the Republican Central Committees in 20 other Oregon counties, as well as from the Oregon Republican Party. These ordinances were badly written and overreaching, and we are very glad that they were defeated at the ballot box.
Voter turnout was high for an off year election. According to County Clerk, Art Harvey, voter turnout usually runs about 40% in off year elections. We had a 49.9% turnout to defeat these ordinances.
This is a big win for Jospehine County!
State GOP Chair Art Robinson has filed to run for Congressional District 4, currently occupied by Peter DeFazio.
Art has faced DeFazio in the last two elections but DeFazio has strong support in the liberal urban areas.
We need to fully support Art this time around and DEFEAT DEFAZIO!
The ballots are almost all counted, and the results for County Commissioner Position #3 are indicating there’s likely to be an automatic recount. Oregon state law requires an automatic recount if the difference between the two candidates is 0.2% (one fifth of a percentage point) or less. Currently, the difference is 0.19%, with Bob Just trailing Cherryl Walker by only 66 votes.
Here’s the current status:
| Cherryl Walker | 17,123 | 49.83% | ||
| Bob Just | 17,057 | 49.64% | ||
| WRITE-IN | 181 | 0.53% | ||
| Total | 34,361 | |||
| Over Votes | 17 | |||
| Under Votes | 6,202 |
Congratulations to all our Republican elected and re-elected public officials! While this is a sad day for our nation, we’re glad to have such great representation at the local level!
Please join us for a Historic Victory Party at Republican Campaign Headquarters, 326 SW 6th St, on Tuesday, November 6th, from 6:00 PM till we finish celebrating our victories at the national, state, and local levels!
We’ll have four flat-screen TVs presenting election results on three local channels and Fox News. We’ll also have regular updates from the County Clerks office on local elections.
There will be food, drinks (soda, beer, wine, lemonade, etc.). If you want to bring something to share, please do! Or just come to join in the fun, cheering on local, state, and the national Republican candidates to victory!
Please come on down and join the celebration!!!
Before every election, the ballot counting machine at the county courthouse is tested and certified to ensure that ballots are counted accurately on election day. Citizens observers are encouraged to attend the certification process and verify that the ballot counting machine is functioning accurately.
If you would like to attend and help validate the ballot counting process, you can meet with other Republicans at the Powderhorn Cafe at 8:15 AM on Tuesday, October 30. The group will proceed to the courthouse from there.
If you’re planning to attend, please contact Josephine County Republican Party chair Bill Ertel at 541-218-6538 or e-mail him at billertel@aol.com.
The ballots have been mailed, and we’re in the home stretch!
There are more registered Republicans than registered Democrats in Josephine County, but voter turnout among Republicans has been low in recent elections. It’s absolutely critical this year that every Republican votes! — You can help.
We need volunteers to contact Republicans to remind them to vote. We will have access to records from the County Clerk on which ones have already voted, so we’ll only be calling people who haven’t voted yet.
If you can help make telephone calls to Get Out The Vote, please contact Ron Ruby at 659-2285 or Ron rkruby@q.com.
Every vote counts!
Please join the Josephine County Republicans to watch the second presidential debate on Tuesday, October 16 at Joe’s Bar & Grill, 820 NE E St, Grants Pass (next to Staples). The debate starts at 6:00 PM, so you might want to arrive between 5:30 and 6:00 to order food and drinks. We’ve reserved a private viewing area, and there’s sure to be a lively discussion following the debate!
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