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Honest Elections is a coalition of groups and people who work to achieve campaign finance reform in Oregon at the state and local levels.

This is the website for the first 3 efforts:  Multnomah County, Portland, and Oregon.  The top-level menu items have sub-menus for each one, where needed.  But the need for reform is largely the same on all levels.

City of Portland:  In 2018, we are pursuing a  similar measure to amend the Portland City Charter.  We are gathering the needed 34,000 valid voter signatures to place Portland Initiative PDX-03 on the November 2018 ballot.
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State of Oregon:  We are also working to amend the Oregon Constitution to eliminate the contention that, unlike the constitutions of every other state, it somehow prohibits the enforcement of limits on political campaign contributions.  The free speech clause in the Oregon Constitution is the same as in 36 other states; all of those states have limits on political contributions.  This measure is aimed at the November 2020 ballot, because of steps taken by anti-reform activists to delay our opportunity to collect signatures for 2018.  Can you guess the political party most closely affiliated with those anti-reform agents?  Hint:  It does not end with "publican."
  • Official Text of Oregon Initiative Petition 1 (2020)
  • Endorsers So Far
  • Oregon Measure News

Multnomah County:  In 2016, our efforts resulted in the enactment of Multnomah County Measure 26-184, which amended the Multnomah County Charter to limit contributions to candidates for County public office and to require that political ads financed by any large donors prominently disclose those donors in the ads.  Measure 26-184 received a "YES" vote of 89% from Multnomah County voters.
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Columbia County:  Activists in Columbia County are gathering signatures for their Honest Elections Columbia County ballot measure.  For info, go to Envision Columbia County.
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City of Portland:  In 2018, we are pursuing a  similar measure to amend the Portland City Charter.  We are gathering the needed 34,000 valid voter signatures to place Portland Initiative PDX-03 on the November 2018 ballot.
  • One-Signature Sheet
  • Official Ballot Title
  • Official Text of Portland Measure PDX-03
  • Endorsers So Far
  • Portland Measure News
State of Oregon:  We are also working to amend the Oregon Constitution to eliminate the contention that, unlike the constitutions of every other state, it somehow prohibits the enforcement of limits on political campaign contributions.  The free speech clause in the Oregon Constitution is the same as in 36 other states; all of those states have limits on political contributions.  This measure is aimed at the November 2020 ballot, because of steps taken by anti-reform activists to delay our opportunity to collect signatures for 2018.  Can you guess the political party most closely affiliated with those anti-reform agents?  Hint:  It does not end with "publican."
  • Official Text of Oregon Initiative Petition 1 (2020)
  • Endorsers So Far
  • Oregon Measure News
Multnomah County:  In 2016, our efforts resulted in the enactment of Multnomah County Measure 26-184, which amended the Multnomah County Charter to limit contributions to candidates for County public office and to require that political ads financed by any large donors prominently disclose those donors in the ads.  Measure 26-184 received a "YES" vote of 89% from Multnomah County voters.
  • Endorsers
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  • Major Provisions
  • Official Text of Multnomah Measure 26-184
  • Voter Pamphlet Statements
  • Multnomah Measure News (Archive)
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Columbia County:  Activists in Columbia County are gathering signatures for their Honest Elections Columbia County ballot measure.  For info, go to Envision Columbia County.

honest elections launches Portland effort

The voters of Multnomah County enacted Measure 26-184 by a margin of 89% "yes" to 11% "no" at the November 2016 election.  The voters inside Portland were 90% "yes" on the measure.  So we are offering Portland voters the opportunity to adopt a very similar measure to amend the City Charter to get big money out of Portland politics.

Honest elections launches statewide effort

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Oregon Progressive Party and Alliance for Democracy have launched a state-wide effort for a November 2020 ballot measure which would amend the Oregon Constitution to allow limits on campaign contributions and expenditures.  The amendment would read:
Laws consistent with the freedom of speech guarantee of the United States Constitution may regulate contributions and expenditures, of any type or description, to influence the outcome of any election; provided, that such laws are adopted or amended by an elected legislative body by a three-fourths vote of each chamber or by initiative.

YOUR HELP IS NEEDED!  If you can gather 10 or 100 signatures, please contact David e Delk for the signature sheets and any other information you will need. In your email subject line include:  2020 signatures

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Honest Elections Oregon and Honest Elections Portland are run by volunteers and is fueled by unpaid civic effort.  It has received funding from Oregon Giving Back Fund, a nonprofit organization supported by grants from Harry Lonsdale, and from Dan Meek, David Delk, the Kafoury McDougal Law firm, Hugh McGavick and others, all available on the Oregon ORESTAR campaign finance reporting system.


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