Will Portlanders Slap Limits On Campaign Contributions? Progressive Groups Plan to Find Out - Blogtown
Reformers
had an easy time last year convincing Multnomah County voters to put
limits on campaign contributions for county races. Now they're hoping to
make the same plea at the city level—even as the legality of their
reforms remains an open question.
Months after more than 88 percent of voters
approved Measure 26-184, which strictly limits financing in elections
for county officials, local progressive activists have drafted a measure
to slap the same basic strictures on city races, the Mercury has learned.