Activists want to amend constitution to stem the flow of money in state politics.
BY JACOB PALMER | DIGITAL NEWS EDITOR
Activists want to amend constitution to stem the flow of money in state politics.
Groups want legislators to take the lead, but expect a measure on the 2016 ballot regardless.
That’s now the target come next November of Common Cause Oregon and Dan Meek, another political activist and attorney working with other activists. Meek is also the co-founder of the Independent Party of Oregon. Daniel Lewkow, the state political director for the nonpartisan public interest group Common Cause, says if the Legislature doesn’t pass a bill putting a constitutional amendment on the ballot, his group will lead the effort to collect the more than 117,000 signatures and do it themselves.
“People like legislators to act on issues, not to ignore issues,” Lewkow said last week, adding voters “cannot be more clear that they want them to act on money in politics.”
(SOURCE: Bend Bulletin)
The activist groups target Oregon because it doesn’t have limits on political contributions.
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