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Campaign Finance Reform - in Oregon
Constitutional quirks are Oregon's political potholes | Local&State | bendb
After campaign finance reform fails in Legislature, proponent considers 2nd
As this year’s legislative session was nearing its end, Patrick Starnes, in a meeting with Gov. Kate Brown, said he got news he didn’t want to hear: Lawmakers wouldn’t be passing bills to reform the state’s campaign finance system.
Money in Oregon politics as unchecked as ever – Medford News, Weather, Spor
The strongest belief that pulled me back into politics three years ago is this: we won’t make much headway solving Oregon’s core problems until we dramatically reduce the power of big money in Salem. ...
Readers respond: Lawmakers ignore the voters’ will - oregonlive.com
Letter to the editor
Oregon lawmakers conclude 2021 session in a crush of bills - OPB
The 2021 session was supposed to be focused responding to wildfires and COVID-19, but lawmakers accomplished a great deal more in a tumultuous -- and historic -- five months.
Guest View: Standing up against the Oregon special interests
Kate Titus and Eric Richardson call on Oregon legislators to stand up against Oregon special interests.
Letter: Stop the stall | Letters | dailyastorian.com
Pamplin Media Group - Portland's charter: One comic panel at a time
Editorial: Legislature’s inaction makes the case for two voter initiatives
Oregonians who want credible campaign contribution limits and an independent commission to redraw legislative and congressional boundaries should organize behind initiative petitions that will accomplish what legislators refuse to do, the editorial board writes.
Politicians running for Oregon Legislature could reap huge taxpayer funding
Oregon lawmakers are considering creating a public match program for state legislative candidates, similar to the system in Portland. It's the one possible win still available to advocates of campaign finance reform in the final weeks of the legislative session.
Oregon lawmakers increasingly unlikely to take up campaign finance - OPB
Bills to limit political contributions always faced an uphill battle in 2021. Now, a less contentious proposal to publicly finance campaigns faces skepticism in the Senate.
Guest Column: Getting big money out of politics is a bipartisan issue | Opi
Oregon lawmakers tackle campaign finance limits after election
Oregon voters in November cleared the way for the state to impose campaign finance limits. Now the Legislature needs a plan.
Other views: Restoring faith in Legislature requires rooting out conflicts
Oregon campaign finance reforms catch criticism from activists | National N
Oregon lawmakers appear unlikely to limit campaign contributions, as key pr
People who want Oregon to adopt campaign contribution limits on Tuesday acknowledged it looks increasingly unlikely the Legislature will pass limits this year, after a key lawmaker suggested scrapping limits and instead focusing on a public match program.
Money Talks – Eugene Weekly
As the Eugene School District 4J election wraps up, so does the campaign spending. Lawn signs are slowly being taken out of yards, and advertisements on Facebook and in local newspapers have stoppe…
Editorial: Campaign finance reform bill missing the ‘reform’ - oregonlive.c
The current version of House Bill 2680, which would set campaign finance limits, has too many flaws and loopholes embedded in it to do anything to alter the influence of big money in Oregon politics, the editorial board writes. Legislators should ditch HB 2680, revive the more straightforward HB 3343 instead and enact the kinds of limits that Oregonians want.
Editorial: Proposed campaign donation limits only limit who holds the power
While Oregonians have shown many times that they want campaign finance reform, House Bill 2714 - which concentrates the power to make large or unlimited donations in the hands of far fewer entities - isn't the answer.
Readers respond: Support campaign finance reform - oregonlive.com
Letter to the editor
Big political donors get big say in Oregon political money limits - oregonl
Oregon lawmakers’ interest in capping political money was never particularly high this session — no Democratic leaders listed it as a priority — and now appears to be withering.
Portland Business Alliance violated city lobbying rules 25 times, auditor f
The auditor’s office informed the alliance Monday that officials had discovered a spate of violations after launching a review of possible undisclosed lobbying efforts by the group.
Oregon voters want to limit money in politics, but lawmakers might not get
Oregon lawmakers are considering whether to adopt limits on how much individuals and groups can contribute to political candidates, after voters overwhelmingly approved a state constitutional amendment in November to make clear such limits are allowed.
Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler hires 3rd campaign manager in 9 months as electi
Amy Rathfelder as of last week was no longer part of Wheeler’s campaign, which has since hired Danny O’Halloran to replace her as campaign director.
Oregon campaign to allow limits on political contributions plows through ca
The campaign to legalize political contribution limits in Oregon is heading into election season with less than $10,000 on hand, after spending heavily during the summer on staff salaries and a statewide poll by a Washington, D.C. firm. The poll found voters of every age, party and region of Oregon overwhelmingly favor campaign finance limits and disclosure requirements.
Pamplin Media Group - Portland City Council candidate Loretta Smith cleared
City Elections Office Fines Mayor Ted Wheeler’s Campaign for Violations - W
Wheeler’s campaign manager calls critics’ scrutiny of his activity “borderline harassment.”
‘Polluted by Money’ wins national 2020 Oakes Award - oregonlive.com
“Polluted by Money,” a four-part series published in 2019, exposed how Oregon’s lack of campaign finance limits led to an easy tolerance of polluters by lawmakers who benefited from campaign contributions.
City Council Candidate Loretta Smith’s Campaign Makes a Highly Unusual Cont