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Voters in Northern California’s Yreka will be voting on an increase to their sales tax that will bring in paid firefighters to the city’s fire department.

Prop. 35 would take an existing tax on health insurance plans and use the money to increase payment to doctors and other providers who see Medi-Cal patients. Its supporters have raised $50 million, drawing from groups representing hospitals, doctors and insurers.

In Eureka, a plan to turn parking lots into affordable housing seemed like an idea everyone might agree on. Instead, it has led to a fierce debate about the city’s future and the most expensive ballot measure campaign in the county’s history.

In their only TV face-off before Election Day, U.S. Senate contenders Steve Garvey and Adam Schiff also tussle over immigration and other issues.

The state has unearthed several hundred more people than previously known who were improperly registered to vote under Oregon’s motor voter law.

Should California change the state constitution to remove language allowing involuntary servitude as a punishment for a crime? Raise the statewide minimum wage from $16 to $18? Or issue $10 billion in bonds to improve school sites across the state?

Jackson County residents will soon vote on new representation when they choose a county commissioner in the November election.

If approved, Measure 116 would give an independent commission the power to set salaries for the governor, the secretary of state, lawmakers, judges and other state elected officials.

Supporters say ranked-choice voting can reduce political partisanship, while critics and clerks say it would be costly and complex.

The complex proposal to hike business taxes and divide the proceeds among residents is the most divisive measure on the Oregon ballot.

Oregon is the only state that has no impeachment clause for statewide elected officials.

The race pits Republican Will Lathrop, an experienced prosecutor pushing a public safety message, against former Speaker of the House Dan Rayfield, a Democrat.