OLA 2009 Conference Program: Documenting Direct Democracy: Oregon's Ballot Measure Archive Project

Joshua Binus, historian from Portland State University and director of the Ballot Measure Archive Project, will describe the ongoing effort to document and preserve records from one of Oregon's most notable political institutions, the initiative and referendum system. The project is collecting and digitizing source material from statewide initiative campaigns in a central archive that will be open to the public. Come and learn about the goals, strategies, methods, challenges, and outcomes of this public history project. Explore ways to link into the effort and/or engage your community in an effort to document its own history of direct democracy.