You can suggest groups to add to our list of Oregon Progressive Groups. Send an email to info@progparty.org with your suggestions. Thank you.

Those who formed the Progressive Party of Oregon have long been opponents of state-promoted gambling. While it may raise money for government, it does so by destroying the lives of its victims and their families. It is immoral.

Oregon Lottery addicted to big losses of gambling addicts

These gamblers tell the lottery they lose more than $500 a month, every month. They represent only 10 percent of Oregon's video gamblers but account for 53 percent of the money lost, according an analysis of three years' worth of the lottery's data obtained by The Oregonian under the state's public records law.    Read more ...

Those who formed the Progressive Party of Oregon have long been opponents of state-promoted gambling. While it may raise money for government, it does so by destroying the lives of its victims and their families. It is immoral.

Is the Oregon Lottery for us, or against us?

New spots featuring Zeus and Cleopatra incorporate images of people gambling at video terminals, whirring wheels and punching buttons -- images that may not do anything for you. But experts on gambling addiction say such imagery can trigger compulsive behavior.    Read more ...

For More Information Contact:
Philip Kauffman at 503.250.0327
Paul Hochfeld at 541.740.4065
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Back From Whirlwind U.S. Tour to DC, Oregon’s Mad As Hell Doctors Hold Town Hall on Health Care in Portland. Address Problems with Current House Bill and Advocate for a Single Payer Health Care Solution.

Oregon’s Mad As Hell Doctors will hold a Health Care Town Hall on Sunday November 15 from 7 PM - 9 PM at the First Unitarian Church in downtown Portland (1034 SW 13th).

Use the new Oregon Voter Registration Form to register as a member of the Progressive Party:

     Voter Registration Form (English)
     Voter Registration Form (Espanol)

Unfortunately, the Oregon Legislature demands that, when a minor party changes its name, it loses its entire membership. Everyone who was registered with the Peace Party now needs to re-register with the Progressive Party.

Print out the form. Mark the circle next to Progressive Party. Sign it. Mail it to your county elections office (addresses are on the second page of theform). Don't forget the 44 cent stamp! You do not need to send in the second page of the form.

If you are already registered and are simply changing your registration to the Progressive Party, you do not need to send in any of the ID materials mentioned on the form (driver's license, etc.).

You cannot register to vote online. The 2009 Legislature passed a bill to allow online registration, but the new system will not be available this year.

Also, if you go to the county elections office or the Post Office to get a registration form, it may not offer you the choice of the Progressive Party. At the county elections office, be sure to ask for the correct form--the one that includes the Progressive Party--and ask them to offer only that form to everyone.

Update: Voter registration forms listing the Progressive Party are now available from the Oregon Secretary of State, who is distributing them to county elections offices. But some of those offices are still trying to use the old forms.

We tried to get a bigger room, but there were not enough seats for the 400+ who heard Ralph Nader speak about single payer health care at Portland State University on October 4. Watch below.

Ralph Nader will be speaking at two events in Portland on Sunday, October 4th. The first will be a speech on single payer healthcare sponsored by Single Payer Action (singlepayeraction.org) and Portland State University's Model UN student group.

Portland State University
University Place
2nd Floor Ballroom
310 SW Lincoln St.
Sunday, October 4th 2009.
1-3pm including a Q&A session

Then later Ralph will be at Powell’s Books on 1005 W. Burnside at 7:30pm to speak about his new book “Only the Super-Rich Can Save Us.” Check out the reviews below:

“Since the Progressive era, Ralph Nader has done more than anyone else to protect American consumers. With this utopian fantasy, he shows us how good he thinks things could be.”

— Warren Beatty

“Ralph Nader is an exemplary citizen and prophetic leader who tells the truth at great lost to himself on behalf of everyday people. This tale has a moral substance and political content that is quite relevant for our time!”

— Cornel West
Princeton University