Our 2022 Initiative Petitions are Dead

The Oregon Supreme Court on March 29, 2022, finally denied our mandamus petition to to overrule the Secretary of State’s unprecedented and unlawful rejection of Initiative Petitions 43, 44, and 45.  The Court declined to say whether we are right or wrong; just that mandamus is an extraordinary remedy.

So Now We Focus on a Statewide Initiative for 2024
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In 2022, we will also ask all statewide and legislative candidates in Oregon to state their positions on real campaign finance reform in Oregon, including contribution limits and requirements that political ads name their largest funders.  We will publish those results on this website.

Honest Elections Files Mandamus Action against Secretary of State in Oregon Supreme Court

February 16, 2022 --- Campaign finance reformers today filed a petition for writ of mandamus, asking the Oregon Supreme Court to overrule the Secretary of State’s unprecedented rejection of Initiative Petitions 43, 44, and 45, which is based on misinterpretation of the Oregon Constitution: “The full text of the proposed measure was not included.” No other Oregon Secretary of State has required including in an initiative petition the text of subsections of existing law that are not changed by the proposed measure.

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