2020 - 21 Campaigns
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At the Annual conference of UU Oregon Voices for Justice, we affirmed the continuation of our four campaigns from the prior year.
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Our Four Campaigns:
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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.
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
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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
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WE HAVE SUCCESS.
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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.
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.
