Preserving Voter-Owned Elections in Portland
Posted on September 2, 2010 by oregoncub
Tags, Legislative & Political
CUB has been a long-time supporter of Portland’s Voter-Owned Election program. We supported the program as a strong reform when it was first proposed to the Portland City Council back in 2005. We questioned the role of utilities when big business interests tried (unsuccessfully) to repeal the system in 2006. And now we’re encouraging Portland voters to approve Voter-Owned Elections when it comes to the ballot in November.
The Voter-Owned Elections campaign has kicked into high gear. For months, just a handful of organizations carried the banner of the innovative reform program that we first fought for and won in Portland back in 2005. But now the coalition of organizations supporting Voter-Owned Elections is downright impressive.
But it’s not just the names of the strong and diverse organizations supporting Voter-Owned Elections that will help us win in November. The names of the everyday Oregonians are the true backbone of this effort.
Voter-Owned Elections allow candidates to run based on community support rather than fundraising ability, and that’s something we need now more than ever. So whether you live in Portland and are voting YES on 26-108 this November, or you live in any other part of Oregon and want to see Voter-Owned Elections pass in Portland so that we can build momentum and bring the program to the statewide level next…
Democracy thanks you and we do too.
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