Comment on Portland’s Proposed Council Districts

Portland’s City Council is expanding in 2025! In November 2024, we’ll elect three city councilors from each of four new Council Districts. You can help decide on the boundaries of your district.

The Independent Districting Commission has proposed three different maps for the new Council Districts. They want to hear from as many Portlanders as possible. Please comment to let them know what you think.

Click here to view a presentation about these three possible district maps. Learn about how each district was designed and the pros and cons of each design. Decide which you like best. Then, attend a hearing (schedule below) or submit comments.

    • Weds, July 5, 6-8 PM, East Portland Community Center, 740 SE 106th
    • Thurs., July 6, 6-8 PM, Taborspace, 5441 SE Belmont
    • Sat., July 8 12-2 PM,  APANO, 8188 SE Division
    • Sun., July 9, 1-3 PM, SW Community Center, 6820 SW 45th
    • Weds., July 12, 6-8 PM, Portland Building, 1120 SW 5th
    • Thurs., July 13, 6-8 PM, Self Enhancement Inc., 3920 N. Kerby Ave
    • Fri., July 14 from 12-2pm hosted virtually via Zoom 
    • Sat., July 15, 12-2 PM, Charles Jordan Community Center, 9009 N Foss
    • Sun., July 16, 1-3 PM, Youth PDX, 16126 SE Stark

OR submit comments by July 22, 2023 in one of the following ways:

    • Fill out the IDC’s public comment form
    • Call 3-1-1 and share your comments verbally
    • Email your comments to: DistrictCommission@portlandoregon.gov
    • Mail comments to the Office of Management and Finance, Independent District Commission, 1120 SW 5th Ave., Room 901, Portland, OR 97204

For more information, see the District Commission’s webpage here.

Thank you for helping to shape Portland’s new Council districts!

Our New President and Board

New LWVPDX President Carolyn Buppert talks with members after her election

At our Annual Membership Meeting on May 24, 2023, Portland League members elected a new volunteer president, Carolyn Buppert. You can read about the meeting and the decisions that members made  here. We also elected new board members and committee chairs. You can read the bios of all the LWVPDX 2023-24 board members and leaders here.

We Marched in the 2023 Rose Festival Parade!

 

League members and friends from the Portland Metro Area marched in the June 10, 2023 Grand Floral Parade. The parade is a highlight of the Rose Festival. All of the LWV marchers dressed in white, as suffragists did in the early 20th century when they marched for women’s rights to vote. We also carried the purple, gold and white “suffrage flag.” The League of Women Voters now celebrates 103 years since women throughout America won the right to vote. The LWV was also founded 103 years ago . We still fight to make sure all Americans have easy access to voting.

It’s Time to Get Ready to Vote

Most voters’ ballots arrived in the mail by May 4. Election Day is May 16.

Your vote matters. We have election resources to help you get ready to vote.

This Special District Election is about local measures and candidates. The results will affect local government policies, services for our communities, and taxes to support those services.

Check out our May 2023 Special Election webpage which connects to written explanations of the three Multnomah County  ballot measures. In addition, you’ll find links to candidates’ answers to questions, videos of Voter Forums and candidate interviews for the major races, and podcasts of those forums and interviews.

The measures would: create a new tenant resources program funded by a capital gains tax; finance expanded public safety programs for Gresham with a new tax levy; and renew the Portland Children’s Levy. Also:

    • You can watch or listen to a forum on Multnomah County Measure 26-238. This would create a 0.75% capital gains tax to pay for legal services for tenants facing eviction. Pro and Con speakers present their arguments for and against this measure.
    • Voters throughout Multnomah County will be voting on the candidates running for all the positions on their local school and community college boards. We have recordings of interviews with some of these candidates. There is also a forum in which the candidates for the Portland Public Schools Board from Zone 3 answer questions. One of these candidates, Derrick Peterson, has since withdrawn from this race.
    • We also have a forum for voters in Southeast Portland , who will be electing a new Multnomah County Commissioner for District 3. This seat formerly was held by Jessica Vega-Pederson, who is now the County Chair.

All the candidates running in Multnomah County were offered free opportunities to answer questions for VOTE411.org and to participate in short recorded interviews. They have until Election Day to enter their answers on VOTE411.org. We have posted the recordings of the interviews.

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