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2019 UUA GA Statement of Conscience

Our Democracy - Uncorrupted

2020 - 21 Campaigns

At the Annual conference of UU Oregon Voices for Justice, we affirmed the continuation of our four campaigns from the prior year. ​
Our Four Campaigns:
  • Deepening Democracy  
  • Economic Inequality

  • Environmental Justice
  • Human Rights

Deepening Democracy

Lead:  David Delk
  • continued support for a US Constitutional amendment with two pillars - money is not speech and corporations are not people
  • support for efforts to be identified to develop an effective democracy - such efforts might include limits on campaign contributions/expenditures (this was on the Nov 2020 ballot where Oregon voters gave it's  overwhelming approval;  public funding of candidates, ranked choice voting, gerrymandering   full voting rights for felons, full disclosure of political ad funders.

2021 legislation

Campaign Finance Reform - this is coming soon  During the legislative sessions, no limits on campaign contributions were Enacted
Election Day Postmarked Ballot  Enacted
HB2687 - Requires that ballots returned by mail postmarked not later than date of election be counted.
Felons Voting While Incarcerated   Not Enacted
HB2366/SB571 - Allows persons convicted of felony to register to vote, update voter registration and vote in elections while incarcerated.
Same Day Voter Registration  Not Enacted
HJR11 - Proposes amendment to Oregon constitution providing for same-day voter registration.
Small Donor Elections  Not Enacted
HB2921 - establishes Small Donor Elections Program to enable candidates for office of state representatives/senators to receive 6-1 match on small dollar donations.
Ranked Choice Voting  Not Enacted
Three bills have been introduced to ease the use of Ranked Choice Voting in Oregon
HB2678 - establishes ranked Choice voting as voting method for selecting winner of nomination for and election to nonpartisan state offices and county and city offices except for home rule charter applies.
HB2685 -use of Ranking Choice Voting in military or overseas ballots to use in primary elections.
HB2686 - Ranked Choice Voting ready voting machine requirement for counties

SO FOR 2022 legislative session, there is work to be done. 

GET BIG MONEY OUT OF OREGON POLITICAL SYSTEM: 
Amend Oregon's Constitution to allow limits on campaign contributions

Ballot Referral - November 2020 Oregon is only one of 4 states with no limits on money in politics. Well, we actually do have limits; they just are not enforced due to various OR Supreme Court decisions declaring that, because of our "strong" free speech protection in the OR Constitution, they cannot be enforced.   Oregon citizen advocates were able to pressure OR legislators to refer to voters a ballot measure (SJR18 - this became BM 107 on the Nov 2020 ballot) to amend the OR constitution to allow limits on campaign contribution. 

Click here to see the history of votes on this legislation.  
And scroll down this page for ACTIONS you can take now.
More information on BM107 on the Yes for Fair and Honest Elections website 

WE HAVE SUCCESS. 
Voters approve BM 107

BM107 amending the Oregon Constitution to allow limits on political campaign contributions has been approved by Oregon voters.  More than 78% of those who voted said Yes to limits on campaign contributions. 
In addition to allowing such limits to be enacts by the state legislature, and other political entities like cities and counties, such limits may also be enacted via the initiative process.  And those limits already in effect in Portland and Multnomah County will go into effect with no further constitutional challenges.

BM107 also allows laws to be enacted that
• Require the disclosure of political contributions and spending
• Require that political ads disclose who paid for them

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Deepening Democracy supports National Popular Vote
Dec. 11, 2018

Deepening Democracy supports the National Popular Vote as an alternative to the present Electoral College system. NPV uses provisions in the US Constitution which allow each state to decide how to select their electors. NPV would require that electors from NPV approving states vote for the presidential candidate with the  national plurality of votes. The existing situation with the second place candidate becoming the president would not longer be possible, as has happened two times just in this century. 
More information here.  This is a flyer written by Alliance for Democracy in 2017.  While old, the issue is still the same.

Oregon approved the  National Popular Vote during the 2019 legislative session. 
More details on the National Popular Vote website.

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