This being a year with a monumental presidential election, I haven't heard much about the local measures. This site seems to provide a nice resource for regional measures.

http://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php/Oregon_2008_ballot_measures

As it stands right now, here are my thoughts:

Measure 54 - Yes
Measure 55 - Yes
Measure 56 - Yes
Measure 57 - No
Measure 58 - No
Measure 59 - No
Measure 60 - No
Measure 61 - No
Measure 62 - No
Measure 63 - No
Measure 64 - No
Measure 65 - No

My main question is regarding Measures 57 and 61. I don't want either of them to pass, but if one passes, I would prefer 57 over 61 by a large margin. If neither measure passes, what happens? Nothing?

Also, I'm pretty set with all my stances, but Measure 65 is one where I could be swayed. I need to see more pros and cons of the measure.

Yes, if 57 and 61 don't pass, then nothing happens under those measures ('no' always means status quo). Doesn't mean that the legislature couldn't take up the issue in the next legislative session, and they might be persuaded to if either is a close 'no'.

I'm against 65. If we are going to allow political parties, then each party's members should be allowed to select their own candidate. If the independents want to participate, they should bite the bullet, make a choice, and join one of the major parties. If they want a candidate different from the major parties, they should form their own party or run a write-in campaign. I'm not in favor of a system that rewards fence-sitting.

This seems like a backhanded way of making all the affected offices essentially nonpartisan elections with a top two runoff. If so, they should be straight with the voters about their intentions.

I'm against 65. If we are going to allow political parties, then each party's members should be allowed to select their own candidate. If the independents want to participate, they should bite the bullet, make a choice, and join one of the major parties. If they want a candidate different from the major parties, they should form their own party or run a write-in campaign.
I agree with you on this one. Or perhaps 3rd parties could/should hold a primary election!

Furthermore, IMO the folks who wrote the ballot measure are probably thinking this would happen at a primary election:

Democratic candidate #1: 24%
Democratic candidate #2: 23%
Republican candidate #1: 22%
Republican candidate #2: 21%
Others/write-ins: 10%