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David Morrison
David Morrison was a candidate for at-large representative on the Portland Public Schools school board in Oregon. Morrison was defeated in the at-large general election on May 16, 2017.
Morrison was also a 2016 nonpartisan candidate for Position 1 of the Portland City Commission in Oregon. He lost the primary election on May 17, 2016.
Morrison sued Portland Public Schools in 2012 regarding the use of WIFI in district schools, arguing the students' exposure to it was dangerous. The suit was heard and dismissed in Federal Court by U.S. District Judge Michael Mosman, who found that the lawsuit was challenging safety standards set by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), and that only the FCC could hear complaints regarding the safety of technology.[1]
Biography
Morrison was a board member of the Wireless Education Action association as of the 2017 election.[2]
Elections
2017
- See also: Portland Public Schools elections (2017)
Three of the seven seats on the Portland Public Schools school board in Oregon were up for at-large general election on May 16, 2017. Since no incumbents filed for re-election, the board was guaranteed to see three newcomers elected. These new members were tasked with hiring a new superintendent and overseeing the implementation of a $790 million bond. A total of 11 candidates filed for the three seats.
In Zone 4, two candidates filed for the seat: Rita Moore and Jamila Munson, with Moore winning the seat. Three filed for the Zone 5 seat: Scott Bailey, Traci Flitcraft, and Virginia La Forte. Bailey won the seat. Six candidates filed for the Zone 6 seat: Zach Babb, Ed Bos, Julia Brim-Edwards, David Morrison, Trisha Parks, and Joseph Simonis, with Brim-Edwards winning the race.[3][4][5][6]
The Portland school board consists of seven members elected at large to four-year terms. While elected at large, each seat on the board has a zone number associated with it, and candidates must live in the zone for which they run. The seat numbers correlate to geographic areas in the district, and serve to separate the elections for each seat on the board into its own race.
Results
| Portland Public Schools, Zone 6 General Election, 4-year term, 2017 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Julia Brim-Edwards |
67.15% | 63,789 |
| Trisha Parks | 15.99% | 15,185 |
| Joseph Simonis | 8.43% | 8,012 |
| David Morrison | 3.06% | 2,909 |
| Ed Bos | 2.59% | 2,457 |
| Zach Babb | 2.18% | 2,072 |
| Write-in votes | 0.6% | 568 |
| Total Votes | 94,992 | |
| Source: Clackamas County, "Special District Election," accessed June 12, 2017, Multnomah County, "Multnomah County Election Results," accessed June 12, 2017, and Washington County Elections, "Statement of Votes Cast by Contest," accessed June 12, 2017 | ||
Funding
The filing deadline in Oregon for a campaign transaction is typically no later than 30 calendar days. However, beginning on the 42nd day before an election day and through the date of the election, a transaction is due no later than seven calendar days after the date it occurred. The dates for the beginning and ending of the seven-day reporting period for the 2017 Oregon school board elections were:[7]
- April 4, 2017 (Seven day campaign finance reporting begins)
- May 16, 2017 (Seven day campaign finance reporting ends)
A school board candidate in Oregon must form a candidate committee unless he or she meets all of the following conditions:[8][9]
- The candidate elects to serve as his or her own treasurer.
- The candidate does not have an existing candidate committee.
- The candidate does not expect to receive or spend more than $750 during a calendar year (including personal funds).
A candidate committee must file a Statement of Organization with the Elections Division of the Oregon Secretary of State within three business days of first receiving or spending money. A form including campaign account information must accompany the Statement of Organization.[8][10]
Candidate committees that expect to receive or spend $3,500 or more in a calendar year are required to report all transactions. A committee that does not expect to receive or spend this much is still required to file a Statement of Organization and designate a campaign bank account, but does not have to file transactions. Instead, they must file a Certificate of Limited Contributions and Expenditures.[8][11]
2016
The city of Portland, Oregon, held elections for mayor and two of its four city commission seats on May 17, 2016. Despite a large number of candidates in all three races, the mayoral and City Commission Position No. 1 races were both determined in the primary with Oregon Treasurer Ted Wheeler (D) and incumbent Commissioner Amanda Fritz winning more than half the votes in their respective races.
The City Commission Position No. 4 race, however, required a runoff election on November 8, 2016. Incumbent Steve Novick was the top vote recipient in the primary, but did not secure a majority of the votes cast. He was defeated by Chloe Eudaly in the general election.
The May election was called a primary, but it was functionally a general election. A runoff election—called in this case a general election—was only held on November 8, 2016, for races where no single candidate received a majority (50 percent plus one) of the votes cast on the May ballot.[12]
| Portland City Council Position No. 1, Primary Election, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Amanda Fritz Incumbent |
69.41% | 119,056 |
| Ann Sanderson | 10.49% | 17,996 |
| Lanita Duke | 9.32% | 15,987 |
| David Morrison | 4.12% | 7,059 |
| Tabitha Ivan | 3.34% | 5,722 |
| Sara Long | 2.52% | 4,318 |
| Write-in votes | 0.81% | 1,382 |
| Total Votes (88.0% counted) | 171,520 | |
| Source: The Oregonian, "2016 Primary Election: Oregon results," accessed May 20, 2016 | ||
See also
- Portland Public Schools, Oregon
- Portland Public Schools elections (2017)
- Portland, Oregon
- Municipal elections in Portland, Oregon (2016)
- United States municipal elections, 2016
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Street Roots News, "David Morrison; Watchman of the Wi-Fi," December 4, 2015
- ↑ Wireless Education Action, "About Us," accessed May 5, 2017
- ↑ Clackamas County, "Special District Election," accessed May 17, 2017
- ↑ Multnomah County, "Multnomah County Election Results," accessed May 17, 2017
- ↑ Oregon Secretary of State, "Washington County, Oregon," accessed May 17, 2017
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Multnomah County, "May 2017 Special District Election," accessed March 21, 2017 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; name "candidates" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ Oregon Secretary of State, "Oregon Elections Calendar," accessed April 17, 2017
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Oregon Secretary of State, "Campaign Finance Manual - 2014," accessed January 13, 2014
- ↑ Oregon Revised Statutes, "Chapter 260, Section 043," accessed January 13, 2014
- ↑ Oregon Revised Statutes, "Chapter 260, Section 039," accessed January 13, 2014
- ↑ Oregon Revised Statutes, "Chapter 260, Section 057," accessed January 13, 2014
- ↑ City of Portland Auditor, "Time Schedule for 2016 Municipal Elections," accessed August 13, 2015
| Portland Public Schools elections in 2017 | |
| Clackamas, Multnomah, and Washington County, Oregon | |
| Election date: | May 16, 2017 |
| Candidates: | Zone 4: Rita Moore • Jamila Munson Zone 5: Scott Bailey • Traci Flitcraft • Virginia La Forte |
| Important information: | What was at stake? |
