[CFR-Announce] Visit Granny D at Early Friday Evening Reception & Refreshments (November 4)

[FairElections Oregon]

*Granny D is Coming to Oregon, Now, to Fight for Campaign Finance Reform 
Here

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*Reception and Refreshments
Friday, November 4
6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.

Days Inn
1414 S.W. Sixth Avenue
(between Clay & Columbia)
Portland downtown

**Everyone Welcome!*
	
Campaign Finance Reform in Oregon <http://www.fairelections.net>

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*Questions?  Call FairElections Oregon at 503-970-2069*

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**In 1999 and 2000, Granny D walked 3,200 miles across America for 
campaign finance reform.  She will be back in Oregon this weekend to 
support campaign reform efforts here, and you can meet her at this 
reception in downtown Portland on Friday early evening.
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Granny D says:

    "What is campaign finance reform? It is the attempt to eliminate
    widespread political bribery. The high cost of political campaigns
    forces many candidates to rely on funds from special interests, who
    then expect (and usually get) special treatment in the law."

Oregon is one of only 5 states with no limits on political 
contributions.  Money rules in Oregon.  The amount of money contributed 
to candidate races for state and local offices in Oregon has increased 
by 10-fold since 1996.  Corporations outspend labor unions by 5-1 and 
all progressive groups by 100s to one.  State Senate candidates now 
often spend $500,000 in a single election; House candidates $300,000.  
Governor candidates over $4 million each.  Much more information at 
www.fairelections.net.

We are gathering signatures on two statewide petitions to reinstate the 
limits on campaign contributions that Oregon voters overwhelmingly 
adopted in 1994 (72% of the vote) but which were struck down by the 
Oregon Supreme Court in 1997 as inconsistent with the Oregon 
Constitution.  Petition 8 amends the Oregon Constitution to allow the 
enactment of limits.  Petition 37 is the detailed proposed statute to 
impose the limits.

*About Granny D

*For 14 months in 1999 and 2000, Doris Haddock (Granny D) walked across 
America for campaign finance reform, starting in Pasadena and arriving 
in Washington, D.C., on February 29, 2000.  She walked 3,200  miles, at 
the age of 89.  She was  hospitalized once, in Arizona, with dehydration 
and pneumonia.  When snows near Washington threatened to delay her 
arrival, she cross-country skied 100 miles along the old C&O Canal tow 
path.  Several dozen Members of Congress walked the final miles with 
her.  She has emphysema and arthritis, both of which improved during the 
walk.

During the 2001 McCain-Feingold debate, she walked continuously around 
the  Capitol building for seven days.  During the final three days of 
debate, she walked 24 hours a day, stopping only for catnaps and food, 
in subfreezing winds and rain. She met with 35 senators during this 
vigil, representing to them the feelings of the people she met along the 
road.

For more about Granny D, see http://www.grannyd.com