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Kotek on Fagan’s Moonlighting: “I Don’t Have Outside Employment. I Only Have One Job”
Kotek Will Give La Mota Political Contributions to Food Bank; Tobias Read, to PCC Foundation
Kotek Wants Ethics Probe and DOJ Review of Cannabis Audit in Light of Fagan Consulting Revelations
Fagan Apparently Did No Consulting Work Before La Mota and Did Not Seek Written Ethics Commission Advice
Shemia Fagan tapped state, campaign funds for White House trip with her kids
Fagan resigned May 8 amid a controversy over a $10,000 a month side gig she took consulting with a cannabis company.
Gov. Tina Kotek will not insist new Oregon secretary of state be a political short-timer
Kotek has faced pressure to appoint a "caretaker" secretary to replace Shemia Fagan. Some Democratic allies oppose that idea.
Opinion: Fagan's stunning downfall
My enduring image of Shemia Fagan is as state senator, with her fist held high, signaling her alignment with progressives holding a rally on the Oregon Capitol steps.
Oregon lawmakers may consider boosting elected officials’ pay, passing ethic reforms in wake of Shemia Fagan’s resignation
Oregon lawmakers are mulling whether to boost pay for statewide officeholders and pass ethics reforms following the resignation of former Secretary of State Shemia Fagan, who stepped down after news that she had taken a $10,000 a month side job with a troubled cannabis company.
As Shemia Fagan exits office, a look at what led Oregon’s secretary of state to resign
Shemia Fagan leaves office Monday, six days after she announced her resignation following news of a side job with a troubled cannabis dispensary.
Timeline of Shemia Fagan’s effort to activate her Oregon law license before canceling her cannabis contract
“I have been inactive for the past two years but need to become active again,” Fagan wrote from her personal email address on Friday, Feb. 3, at 2:31 p.m.
Open primary backers to sue AG
Supporters of an initiative to create nonpartisan open primaries and establish ranked-choice voting announced Monday they intend to sue Attorney General Raúl Labrador over his ballot titles for the initiative.
The political parties would like voters to kill California's top-two primar
Political parties and open primaries are the electoral equivalent of oil and water.
Pamplin Media Group - Independent Party of Oregon slams DOJ forced resignat
Former State Rep. Jim Thompson eyes comeback as Independent Party candidate
After serving three terms as a Republican, former state Rep. Jim Thompson says he is looking at running for his old House seat as an Independent.
Issue 1603 California’s Open Primary Primer | Hoover Institution
California political parties couldn’t use ‘independent’ in their names unde
With potentially hundreds of thousands of California voters under the mistaken belief that they are registered as independent from partisan affiliation, newly drafted state legislation could end the confusion by forcing one minor political party to change its name.
Far fewer non-affiliated Oregon voters participating in Independent primary | eClips
Non-affiliated Oregon voters requested 97 percent fewer ballots for the Independent Party of Oregon's primary election this year compared with 2016. Source: Far fewer non-affiliated Oregon voters participating in Independent primary
Editorial: Opening Oregon’s primaries would give voice to people, not parti
In one key way, Oregon lags other states in making voting easy. Its closed primary system locks out hundreds of thousands of non-affiliated voters who now make up one-third of Oregon's registrants. Oregonians should keep up the pressure on the parties to open their primaries and on the secretary of state candidates to also make this a central part of their platform.
Pamplin Media Group - State's third largest party invites unaffiliated vote
Opinion: Oregon’s closed primaries are degrading state’s legacy of democrat
Oregon led the pack for a time in terms of innovations to help people participate in elections, write David Ellis and Jeremy Gruber. its refusal to open the Democratic and Republican primaries to non-affiliated voters, however, lags far behind other states that have embraced open primaries.
Guest Column: An independent twist | Columns | dailyastorian.com
Thousands leave Oregon GOP after U.S. Capitol insurrection | kgw.com
More than 11,000 Oregonians have left the Republican party since Election D
An unusually large number of voters have disavowed their Republican party identities over the past 2 months, particularly in Washington County, where the number of Republicans fell by nearly 1,900, or 2.3%
Oregon GOP ousts chair, taps state Sen. Dallas Heard as new leader - OPB
Heard is one of three current or former Republican state senators who swept into party leadership after a vote Saturday.
No Labels defends its plans #ELB
Nancy Jacobson, No Labels CEO, has an L.A. Times opinion piece attacking two-party “duopoly” and defending its plans for a potential third-party presidential bid. One bit of news in the column: it goes further than Ben Chavis said yesterday in … Continue reading No Labels defends its plans →
"Joe Biden May Face Two Spoiler Candidates in 2024" #ELB
Jonathan Chait in the Intelligencer, discussing the twin threats to Biden from Cornel West and No Labels. Interesting comparison at the end of the piece to Truman in 1948, who also faced splintering from two different sides: Strom Thurmond as … Continue reading “Joe Biden May Face Two Spoiler Candidates in 2024” →
"No Labels declines to reveal just who is funding its third party bid" #ELB
POLITICO: “The centrist group consists of a constellation of entities, some of which disclose donor names. But the main one is a nonprofit which, unlike political parties, does not have to reveal the names of its funders. And in an … Continue reading “No Labels declines to reveal just who is funding its third party bid” →
"A Mysteriously Financed Group That Could Upend a Biden-Trump Rematch" #ELB
Julie Bykowicz for WSJ: The 13-year-old nonprofit group, which has a $70 million budget, has qualified for the ballot in Arizona, Alaska, Colorado, Oregon and Utah and is pursuing access elsewhere. Arizona Democrats are suing to kick No Labels off the … Continue reading “A Mysteriously Financed Group That Could Upend a Biden-Trump Rematch” →
Ethics Complaint Alleges Funding Republicans Senators’ Walkout Violates Ore
McMinnville child welfare worker claims that Senate absences and fundraising activities are unlawful — and she wants the state to investigate.