Campaign Finance Reform - in Oregon

Campaign Finance Reform - in Oregon

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Controversial Dark Money Group, People For Portland, Dissolves Amid State Elections Investigation
Controversial Dark Money Group, People For Portland, Dissolves Amid State Elections Investigation
Updated: 9:20 am Sept. 30 A short-lived political advocacy organization that ruffled feathers with downtown billboards targeting elected officials is reportedly calling it quits. As first reported by The Oregonian, People For Portland is shuttering its organization and its associated activities. That announcement comes six months after the state deemed the group violated Oregon election law in 2022 for failing to properly register its political expenditures with the Secretary of State. A separate investigation into...
·portlandmercury.com·
Controversial Dark Money Group, People For Portland, Dissolves Amid State Elections Investigation
Auditors Determine Insufficient Evidence that Rene Gonzalez Violated Campaign Finance Laws
Auditors Determine Insufficient Evidence that Rene Gonzalez Violated Campaign Finance Laws
The Portland City Auditor’s Office announced Monday that it found “insufficient evidence” to support allegations of campaign finance violations from City Commissioner and mayoral candidate Rene Gonzalez. The investigation was launched after the city’s Elections Office (a division of the Auditor’s Office) received two emailed complaints and one formal complaint last month about Gonzalez’s use of taxpayer money to alter his Wikipedia page. Complainants asserted the use of taxpayer funds by a sitting commissioner to...
·portlandmercury.com·
Auditors Determine Insufficient Evidence that Rene Gonzalez Violated Campaign Finance Laws
Editorial: The perils of a one-party state
Editorial: The perils of a one-party state
Justice department officials recently concluded there's no evidence establishing beyond a reasonable doubt that anyone knowingly misreported a $500,000 donation to the Democratic Party of Oregon. But the shoddy due diligence, failure to resolve conflicting information and arrogance by state officials overseeing campaign finance laws show plenty of poor decisions, the editorial board writes.
·oregonlive.com·
Editorial: The perils of a one-party state
Oregon Campaign Finance Reform ATA Episode 15
Oregon Campaign Finance Reform ATA Episode 15
After a tsunami of campaign spending on the 2022 governor’s race in Oregon – a record-breaking $70 million – a broad coalition and lawmakers worked together ...
·youtube.com·
Oregon Campaign Finance Reform ATA Episode 15