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Oregon's Measure 92 Supporters Still Haven't Conceded

Measure 92 would require food manufacturers and retailers to label genetically engineered foods sold in Oregon.
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Measure 92 would require food manufacturers and retailers to label genetically engineered foods sold in Oregon.

Oregon’s Measure 92 would require food manufacturers and retailers to label genetically engineered foods.

Measure 92 would require food manufacturers and retailers to label genetically engineered foods sold in Oregon.
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Measure 92 would require food manufacturers and retailers to label genetically engineered foods sold in Oregon.

As of Friday afternoon, it was still losing by about 4,500 votes, but that's close enough to give supporters a glimmer of hope. And they have yet to concede defeat.

In fact, Measure 92 supporters are still raising money. They're using it to bankroll an ongoing effort to contact voters with contested ballots.

Yes on 92 spokesman Sandeep Kaushik said he knows it's a bit of a Hail Mary.

"The math is a little bit tough for us,” he said. “But there are still quite a few ballots out there."

Major news organizations including the Associated Press have already pronounced defeat for Measure 92, but it’s not official until the state certifies the results in early December.

Copyright 2014 Northwest News Network

Chris Lehman
Chris Lehman graduated from Temple University with a journalism degree in 1997. He landed his first job less than a month later, producing arts stories for Red River Public Radio in Shreveport, Louisiana. Three years later he headed north to DeKalb, Illinois, where he worked as a reporter and announcer for NPR–affiliate WNIJ–FM. In 2006 he headed west to become the Salem Correspondent for the Northwest News Network.