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Endorsers of honest elections Portland measure 26-200

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Portland voters should support the effort and vote "yes" for the measure. . . As it is now, wealthy individuals, labor unions and corporations are the driving forces behind state, county and local elections, drowning out the smaller contributions from average Oregonians.

The proposal requires candidates to list their five largest contributors of donations exceeding $500 on political ads, a step toward greater transparency in a process that has too little of it. . . .It plants the flag of campaign finance as an issue that voters want to see in Oregon. That's a message that both political parties should hear.

​Politics, at the local and national level, is increasingly a sport closed to those without enormous financial resources. This measure would provide a necessary corrective to that trend – while also requiring greater transparency from candidates and funders. Vote Yes.

Oregon's campaign finance system is broken.  The candidate with the most money wins Oregon legislative races 92 percent of the time, one study showed. And only a tiny fraction of Oregonians ever contribute to political races. That means a handful of people—plus labor unions and corporations—with a whole lot of money effectively decide who will represent you in government.

Measure 26-200 would cap individual contributions in city races at $500 and forbid corporate donations while allowing PACs that are funded by a group of small donors. A candidate's own contribution to the campaign would be capped at $5,000.  We agree with all of these ideas.

The cap would be $500—a far cry from Oregon’s current system, which puts no limit on how much individuals or PACs can donate. That drastically favors well-connected candidates favored by well-moneyed individuals. (Look no further than Nike co-founder Phil Knight, who, directly and indirectly has given roughly $3.5 million to Republican gubernatorial candidate Knute Buehler.) Measure 26-200 would also require that committees running political ads on behalf of candidates prominently and clearly identify their top donors.

We can’t fix everywhere else—but we can make sure that in Portland, campaign donations are limited, disclosed, and regulated in a way that lets everyone know who stands to benefit in each election. That’s information every voter needs. Vote yes on 26-200.
Those who are not independently wealthy or well-connected cannot afford a serious campaign for elected office in many of Oregon’s more populous jurisdictions. A would-be candidate shouldn’t have to be rich or in the pocket of millionaires and billionaires to represent the people of Oregon.

We must continue attempting to rein in the out-of-control spending that’s compromising our elected officials.
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