[CFR-Announce] Both Oregon Campaign Finance Reform Measures Qualify for November Ballot

[FairElections Oregon]

Fairelections Oregon

www.fairelections.net


	

Daniel Meek, attorney

(503) 293-9021

(503) 913-7105 cell 

dan at fairelections.net

	

Harry Lonsdale

(541) 549-1556

(541) 350-4530 cell

harry at fairelections.net

 

 July 28, 2006

TWO CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM INITIATIVES
QUALIFY FOR NOVEMBER BALLOT


The Secretary of State today announced that both of the campaign finance 
reform initiatives sponsored by FairElections Oregon have qualified for 
the November 2006 general election ballot.

 

Supporters of the two measures filed over 280,000 signatures on 
Initiative Petitions 8 and 37. “These signatures have been gathered with 
an enormous effort that has included over 650 volunteer circulators and 
over 1,200 individual contributors,” said David Delk, a chief petitioner 
on Petition 8.

 

“Oregon politics is completely dominated by big money. These measures 
will get big money out of Oregon politics,” added Harry Lonsdale, a 
supporter or both initiatives.

 

Much additional information about the measures is at 
http://www.fairelections.net

 

Here is a summary of both measures: 
<http://www.fairelections.net>http://www.fairelections.net/summaries.htm

 

Here is our latest informative flyer: 
http://www.fairelections.net/getout.pdf

 

Here is the text of Initiative Petition 8: 
http://www.fairelections.net/2006pet8.pdf. It appears that this will be 
numbered Measure 46.

 

Here is the text of Initiative Petition 37: 
http://www.fairelections.net/2006pet37.pdf. It appears that this will be 
numbered Measure 47.

 

Petition 8 is a constitutional amendment that allows limits on campaign 
contributions in Oregon. We need this, because the Oregon Supreme Court 
in 1997 ruled that the Oregon Constitution now does not allow any limits 
on political contributions in any race for state or local public office.

 

Petition 37 is a statute that would enact a comprehensive system of 
campaign finance reform for candidate elections, including a ban on 
corporate contributions and limits on individual contributions to $500 
in any statewide race and $100 in any non-statewide race. It allows 
unlimited contributions by Small Donor Committees that combine donations 
from individuals of $50 or less per year.

 

Our endorsers include the Sierra Club of Oregon, Alliance for Democracy, 
OSPIRG, Pacific Green Party, Clackamas County Democratic Party, Health 
Care for All Oregon, Oregon Gray Panthers, and many others.

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