And referendum system that allows the public to play a lead role in writing laws and writing regulations and also in recalling elected officials. But here in oregon our ball lots are often very lengthy because not only do we vote on candidates but were voting on a series of initiatives and referendums for ideas for policy, for legislation. One of the most important ones that was passed back in 1912 was giving women the right to vote. One of the great oregonian stories is Abigail Scott do doneway. For more than half a century, she was fighting to give women the right to own property, fighting time and time again to give women the right to vote. Five times it went to the ballot and five times men voted it down and it wasnt until 1912 when women got the right to vote in oregon when the initiative and referendum voted for it. While abigail was doing all she could do give women to right to vote, one of the leading opponents was a fellow named harvey scott, abigails brother. Unfortunately fo