Even in liberalland…
Measure 88, which would have provided driver cards to those who can’t prove their legal residency, failed by a huge margin in Tuesday’s election [in Oregon].
As of 2 a.m. Wednesday, voters were rejecting the measure 67 percent to 33 percent, with more than 75 percent of ballots tallied.
The measure pitted unions, some business groups and immigrant-rights organizations against a meagerly funded but tenacious campaign that referred the issue to the ballot after it passed the state Legislature and was signed into law by Gov. John Kitzhaber in May 2013.
Some things are too far left even for people in blue states. For Measure 88, it appears that the special interest groups had gotten the Democratic legislators and governor to do their bidding and pass and then sign into law something most people in the state didn’t want, and it was up to the people to block it.
Now if only states would start to give different licences to citizens and people who are legally here but not citizens. We really need to clean up the whole motor voter procedures.
Our youngest son, daughter inlaw, and youngest granchild live in Springfield, OR. They voted no on 88 and were not surprised it was turned down by such a wide margin. Like you say, somethings are beyond the pale even for many ‘liberals’.
That seems beyond a question of left versus right. It’s just plain horse sense. American’s of all stripes still have some left.