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Oregon election law trumps Portland's anti-Donald resolution

Article publisher: 
Statesman Journal
Article date: 
Wednesday, December 16, 2015
Article category: 
Oregon Issues
Medium
Tags: 
terrorism
immigration
legal immigration
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PORTLAND — The Portland City Council planned to pass an anti-Donald Trump resolution, but has changed it on the advice of the Secretary of State's Office.

The resolution passed by the City Council on Wednesday focuses more on supporting the Muslim and immigrant community...

City officials said the Secretary of State told them a staff-prepared resolution should not use Trump's name...

The city's original resolution aimed to "censure Donald Trump" and referred directly to Trump...

The resolution that passed says Portland doesn't tolerate hate speech and welcomes all immigrants and refugees...

Portland officials said the resolution doesn't mean the city supports any particular candidate...

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