In ballot returns Tuesday evening, about 82% of voters opposed Measure 26-238 versus 18% in favor.
PORTLAND, Ore. — As vote returns came in for Tuesday’s special election, Multnomah County voters appeared ready to roundly reject Measure 26-238, the initiative to fund free legal aid for tenants at risk of eviction through a new capital gains tax.
Results from the Oregon Secretary of State’s office as of 10:45 p.m. had over 82% of Multnomah County voters against, about 18% in favor, with almost 111,000 ballots counted — about 20% of registered voters in the county.
Multnomah County officials noted that they’d received nearly 121,000
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