Grappling with a budget shortfall that could measure between $3,300 million and $5,500 million dollars in the 2009-2010 biennium, legislators and agencies are looking to cut costs and raise fees anywhere they can.

One place that the Senate appears to be looking is the Oregon Voter's Pamphlet. The Senate Rules Committee will today consider SB776, a bill that takes the unusual step of assigning blank "placeholders" to the section where fees for voter's pamphlet articles are currently assigned. SB776 also puts placeholders in sections pertaining to the length of voter's pamphlet statements.