Major Provisions
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Honest Elections Referral for Multnomah County

  • Will be on November 2016 Multnomah County ballot
  • covers candidate elections only
  • covers only elections for Multnomah County offices - county chair, county commissioners, county auditor, and county sheriff

​Major Provisions

  • limits on political campaign contributions and independent expenditures for or against candidates for Multnomah County elected office
  • requirement that political ads prominently disclose their actual major funders (not just nice-sounding names of committees or nonprofit corporations) and the amounts spent

Limits on campaign contributions and expenditures per Election Cycle

  • Prohibits contributions by corporations and other entities to candidates
  • Limits candidate to receiving contributions:
    • from any individual: $500
    • from any political committee: $500
  • Allows formation of Small Donor Committees (SDCs)
    • SDC may accept only contributions in amounts of $100 or less per person per year
    • SDC may contribute any amounts to candidate races and spend any amount on independent expenditures
  • Limits individual independent expenditures in any race to $5,000 per year
  • Limits political committee independent expenditures per race to $10,000 per year; must be funded by contributions from individuals of $500 or less

Strong disclosure requirements

  • Requires that 5 largest contributors (of $500 or greater) be listed on political advertisements
  • Requires that 5 largest funders (of $500 or greater) be listed on  "independent expenditure" political advertisements

Enforcement

  • To be implemented by ordinance adopted by Multnomah County Commission by September 2017
  • Enforced by Multnomah County Auditor
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