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TOP NEWS OF THE WEEK

Recount Likely

The deadline for rounding up votes for Oregon's Measure 92 has passed. The
deadline for counting all outstanding votes, and reporting them to the
Oregon Secretary of State, is Monday, November 24, 5 p.m. PST.

As of 5 p.m. Friday, November 22,  the gap between YES and NO votes had
dropped, again, to a nail biting-ly close  1,076 votes. Based on reliable
estimates, there are enough outstanding votes that, if they go the right
way, could still push us over the top.

Either way, unless the gap widens again, the vote is close enough to trigger
an automatic recount.

Thanks to the herculean effort by the YES on 92 campaign-and your financial
support-the campaign sent out hundreds of volunteers and supporters last
week. Battling snow and ice and great odds, this dedicated army did a
nothing-short-of-miraculous job of contacting voters whose ballots had been
disqualified, and making sure those ballots were fixed, and those votes were
counted.

Now, we wait for the final tally, which will be reported at the end of the
day Monday, November 24.

But while we wait, the YES on 92 campaign staff is still working, preparing
for the probability of a recount. The campaign will do everything in its
power to make sure that the recount is conducted carefully, and fairly. 

Win or lose in Oregon, it's clear that Monsanto and Big Food are panicked.
After all, we won the state GMO labeling battle in May, when Vermont passed
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food manufacturers already face the prospect of a label that says "Contains
GMOs" in stores all across the country.

Monsanto will continue to throw its weight around, by
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But they are in for a long fight. Because consumers will not rest until
every GMO-contaminated food product in this country is labeled.


 

 



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