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Oregon lawmakers gave final passage Thursday to a campaign finance reform bill that limits the amount of money people and political parties can contribute to candidates, following recent elections ...
Campaign finance limits are coming to Oregon in 2027 after Gov. Tina Kotek signed House Bill 4024 into law on Wednesday. Here's what you need to know.
The Oregon House of Representatives passed a compromise campaign finance bill Wednesday that would establish new election campaign contributions limits. Oregon is one of five states without limits ...
Supporters argued that measures 46 and 47 were campaign finance reform that would drive out mostly out-of-state contributions that they felt had corrupted the political system. Among the supporters was FairElections Oregon, a coalition of Oregon groups and people working on campaign finance reform. The coalition included: Sierra Club of Oregon
In 2020, voters in the U.S. state of Oregon passed Ballot Measure 107, [2] allowing limits on political campaign contributions. [3] This ballot measure overturned the 1997 Oregon Supreme Court ruling in Vannatta v. Kiesling that the Oregon Constitution’s freedom of speech protections bar the legislature from limiting campaign finance activity.
Stitt's campaign complained in 2022 that dark money groups had spent "upwards of $50 million to lie" about him. Stitt has reported spending more than $10 million on his reelection effort.
The most recent attempt to enact campaign contribution limits was Ballot measures 46 and 47 in 2006. Measure 47 passed, but 46 did not, and in the absence of the kind of Constitutional support it would have provided, 47 did not take effect. Portland, Oregon also has a publicly financed campaign option for its city elections known as Clean ...
The Oregon Constitution allows for a broader right to free speech than at the federal level including the topic of political campaign donations. [8] The Oregon Supreme Court has consistently ruled that campaign contribution limits are a violation of free speech and has struck down many laws and ballot measures that enacted contribution limits. [9]